Charles Harenc
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Charles Harenc was an English cricket
er in the mid-19th century. He was a member of the great Kent
team of the 1840s and also played for MCC
. Harenc was an amateur player who began his first-class
career at Oxford University
. He was a stubborn late order right-handed batsman, but was best known as a bowler of right-arm slow underarm lobs.
Harenc made his known debut in the 1830 season
and had 56 known appearances in major matches to the 1849 season
. He scored 830 runs @ 9.54 with a highest score of 68. He was a successful bowler with a known tally of 130 wickets and a best performance of eight in one innings. He twice took ten wickets in a match.
Three of his brothers also made appearances in first-class cricket but not with his success.
In Sidcup
on Rectory Lane, is Harenc School (a preparatory
school for boys) set up a trust in the family's name. The original school building was built 1815 as the village church school and then it was rebuilt in 1882.
The trust running the school became insolvent in May 2011, there are new plans to re-name the school 'William Smith Prep School' and re-open as a private school.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er in the mid-19th century. He was a member of the great Kent
Kent county cricket teams
Kent county cricket teams have been traced back to the 17th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that. Kent, jointly with Sussex, is the birthplace of the sport...
team of the 1840s and also played for MCC
Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...
. Harenc was an amateur player who began his first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
career at Oxford University
Oxford University Cricket Club
Oxford University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team, representing the University of Oxford. It plays its home games at the University Parks in Oxford, England...
. He was a stubborn late order right-handed batsman, but was best known as a bowler of right-arm slow underarm lobs.
Harenc made his known debut in the 1830 season
1830 English cricket season
-First-class matches:-Leading batsmen:Fuller Pilch was the leading runscorer with 235 @ 29.37Other leading batsmen were: W Searle, J Saunders, J Cobbett, H Jenner, J Broadbridge-Leading bowlers:Jem Broadbridge was the leading wicket-taker with 27...
and had 56 known appearances in major matches to the 1849 season
1849 English cricket season
-Events:23, 24 & 25 July: Yorkshire v Lancashire at the Hyde Park Ground in Sheffield.It was the first match to involve both Yorkshire and Lancashire county teams and therefore, the first Roses match...
. He scored 830 runs @ 9.54 with a highest score of 68. He was a successful bowler with a known tally of 130 wickets and a best performance of eight in one innings. He twice took ten wickets in a match.
Three of his brothers also made appearances in first-class cricket but not with his success.
In Sidcup
Sidcup
Sidcup is a district in South East London in the London Borough of Bexley and small parts of the district in the London Borough of Greenwich.Located south east of Charing Cross, Sidcup is bordered by the London Boroughs of Greenwich and Bromley and Kent County Council, and whilst now part of...
on Rectory Lane, is Harenc School (a preparatory
Preparatory school (UK)
In English language usage in the former British Empire, the present-day Commonwealth, a preparatory school is an independent school preparing children up to the age of eleven or thirteen for entry into fee-paying, secondary independent schools, some of which are known as public schools...
school for boys) set up a trust in the family's name. The original school building was built 1815 as the village church school and then it was rebuilt in 1882.
The trust running the school became insolvent in May 2011, there are new plans to re-name the school 'William Smith Prep School' and re-open as a private school.
External sources
Further reading
- Arthur HaygarthArthur HaygarthArthur Haygarth was a noted amateur cricketer who became one of cricket's most significant historians....
, Scores & Biographies, Volumes 2-4 (1827-1854), Lillywhite, 1862