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| Full name | Charles Standish Elliott | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1912-04-24)24 April 1912 Bolsover, Derbyshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 January 2004(2004-01-01) (aged 91) Nottingham, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft9+1⁄2 in (177 cm)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Harry Elliott (uncle) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1932–1953 | Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 14 May 1932 Derbyshire v Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LastFC | 15 August 1953 Derbyshire v Leicestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,19 April 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charles Standish ElliottMBE (24 April 1912 – 1 January 2004) was an Englishfirst-class cricketer who played forDerbyshire between 1932 and 1953, an internationalumpire and a part-timefootballer.
Elliott was born inBolsover, Derbyshire. In the 1931–1932 season, he played football forCoventry City, where he was a capable defender, but did not play again for them for several years. In the summer of 1932, he began his cricketing career at Derbyshire where he was an opening batsman and fine close fielder.
Elliott's first spell for Derbyshire lasted from 1932 to 1937 and he played for the side that won theCounty Championship in 1936.[2] Because of a financial crisis at the club, he was released and became a professional for Stourbridge. At the start of theSecond World War he joined the CoventryFire Brigade and was on the roof ofCoventry Cathedral during the blitz which destroyed it.[3]
After the war, he played again for Derbyshire and scored 1,000 runs in six consecutive seasons from 1947 to 1952. In total he played 468 innings in 275 matches with nine centuries and an average of 27.25. His best score was 215 againstNottinghamshire in 1947, when he shared a stand of 349 withJohn Eggar. In bowling, he took eleven wickets at an average of 47.81 and a best performance of 2–25.[2] He also played football for Coventry City again in the 1947–48 season bringing hisFootball League appearances total to 95. He was caretaker-manager for Coventry for six months in 1954–55.
Elliott served as a first-class umpire for nearly two decades, from 1956 to 1974. He umpired in 42Tests between 1957 and 1974 and in fiveOne Day Internationals between 1972 and 1974. He served on the England Test selection panel from 1975 to 1981 and was President of Derbyshire in 1993 and 1994.
Elliott was inMelbourne when the Third Test of the1970–71 Ashes series was washed out. He was asked to award theMan of the Match award in the first everOne Day International, arranged at the last minute to replace the Test, and gave it toJohn Edrich for his top-scoring 82 as "without John's 82 there'd have been no match".[4]
A dapper man with immaculately groomed black hair, which he retained into old age, he died atNottingham, where he had kept a guest house, eight years short of his century.
Elliott was the nephew ofHarry Elliott, the Derbyshire andEngland Test wicketkeeper and played alongside his uncle in pre-Second World War games and in 1947, when Harry reappeared in four matches at the age of 55 because of a Derbyshire injury crisis.