Charles Thring

Charles Henry Meredith Thring (21 January 1861 — 11 April 1939) was an English first-class cricketer and scholastic agent.

Charles Thring

Personal information
Full name	Charles Henry Meredith Thring
Born	21 October 1861 Uppingham, Rutland, England
Died	11 April 1939(1939-04-11) (aged 77) Chilcompton, Somerset, England
Batting	Unknown
Bowling	Right-arm fast
Relations	Theodore Thring (uncle)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1889	Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 12 Batting average 12.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 12 Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 7 September 2021

The son of John Charles Thring, a schoolmaster at Uppingham School, he was born at Uppingham in January 1861. He was educated at Marlborough College.^[1] Thring played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Oxford University at Oxford in 1889.^[2] Batting once in the match, he was dismissed in for 12 runs by Reginald Moss in the MCC first innings.^[3] Thring was a partner in the scholastic agency Askin, Gabbitas and Thring,^[4] which recruited schoolmasters to English public schools; the company still operates as of 2025. Thring died in April 1939 at Chilcompton, Somerset.^[5] His uncle, Theodore Thring, also played first-class cricket.