Ormerod Pearse
South African cricketer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other people named Charles Pearce, see Charles Pearce (disambiguation).
Charles Ormerod Cato "Ormy" Pearse (10 October 1884 – 28 May 1953) was a South African cricketer who played in three Tests from 1910 to 1911. His brother was the first-class cricketer Vyvyan Pearse.[1]
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Full name | Charles Ormerod Cato Pearse | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1884-10-10)10 October 1884 Pietermaritzburg, Colony of Natal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 28 May 1953(1953-05-28) (aged 68) Durban, Natal, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1905-06 to 1923-24 | Natal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 28 September 2021 |
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Pearse was born into a military family in Pietermaritzburg and attended Maritzburg College there.[2] After leaving school he took up banking.[3] He married Dorothy Vera Shepstone in Pietermaritzburg in January 1918.[4] He died of coronary thrombosis at home in Durban on 28 May 1953, aged 68.[4]