Charles Hammond (Australian cricketer)
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| Full name | Charles Pitt Hammond | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 August 1868 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 25 September 1955 (aged 87) Hollywood, California, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1898/99–1899/1900 | Tasmania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 30 September 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charles Pitt Hammond (31 August 1868 – 25 September 1955) was an Australian cricketer and actor. He played two first-class matches for Tasmania in the late 1890s, before moving to the United States.[1]
While working at the Launceston Stock Exchange in the 1890s, Hammond also played cricket and took part in amateur theatrical productions.[2] He was a regular player for the North of Tasmania in the matches against South of Tasmania from 1886 to 1900, and played for Tasmania in the 1898–99 and 1899–1900 seasons.[3]
In 1901 Hammond moved to the United States, where he made a living as a professional actor, first on the stage in New York, then in Hollywood movies.[4][2] His film parts included prominent roles in Women Men Marry (1922),[5] Received Payment (1922)[6] and Big Brother (1923).[7]
Hammond married Josephine Collins of Launceston in Cheltenham, England, in July 1909.[8] They had one child, a son, who died in childhood.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Charles Hammond". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ^ a b c Rick Smith, More to a Life than Cricket, Apple Books, Tasmania, 2023, pp. 101–13.
- ^ "Miscellaneous Matches played by Charles Hammond". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
- ^ "Charles Pitt Hammond". Launceston Family Album. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ "Princess Theatre". Daily Telegraph: 10. 6 September 1924.
- ^ "His Majesty's Theatre". Mercury: 3. 14 December 1922.
- ^ "A Unique Occurrence". Daily Telegraph: 7. 21 June 1924.
- ^ "Marriages". Daily Telegraph: 1. 21 September 1909.
External links
[edit]- Charles Hammond at ESPNcricinfo
- Charles Hammond at IMDb (the credit list is correct, but the biographical details are wrong)
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