Charles Devey Fearon (26 April 1846 – 21 October 1876) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in one first-class match for Canterbury during the 1865–66 season.Charles Fearon, CricInfo. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
Fearon was born at Hunstanton in Norfolk in 1846, the eldest son of the Reverend William Fearon, the vicar of Hunstanton and rector of Ringstead.McCarron, Tony (2010). New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 49. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)Death, Westport Times, volume X, issue 1429, 3 November 1876, p. 2. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 15 May 2025.)Marriage, Lyttelton Times, volume XXV, issue 1717, 18 June 1866, p. 3. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 15 May 2025.) He was educated at Marlborough College in England before the family moved to New Zealand where he attended Christ's College in Christchurch.Marlborough College Register (fifth edition), 1905. p. 113. (Available online at The Internet Archive. Retrieved 17 May 2025.)
A club cricketer who played for the United Canterbury club in Christchurch―at the time the only organised cricket club in Canterbury―Fearon played his only first-class match during the 1865–66 season.Cricket, Lyttelton Times, volume XXVII, issue 1985, 1 May 1867, p. 2. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 15 May 2025.) The fixture against Otago at South Dunedin Recreation Ground is the third match played in New Zealand to be awarded first-class status. Fearon scored six runs, making five not out in Canterbury's first innings batting at the end of the order, before opening the batting in the second innings and scoring a single. Described as "a very useful man in batting, bowling or fielding", by the end of the following season Fearon had left Canterbury and played no more first-class cricket.Charles Fearon, CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
Fearon worked as a telegraph operator and post master, including at Roxburgh and Westport.Roxburgh, Tuapeka Times, volume VI, issue 270, 3 April 1873, p. 7. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 15 May 2025.)Grey River Argus, volume XXI, issue 2563, 27 October 1876, p. 2. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 15 May 2025.) He died at Nelson in 1876 at the age of 30, his wife inheriting his estate.Town and country, Lyttelton Times, volume XLVI, issue 4903, 4 November 1876, p. 2. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 15 May 2025.)
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