Colin Blythe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Cricket player of England.
Date of Birth: 30-May-1879
Place of Birth: Deptford, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 08-Nov-1917
Profession: cricketer
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Colin Blythe
- Colin Blythe (30 May 1879 – 8 November 1917), also known as Charlie Blythe, was an English first-class cricketer, active from 1899 to 1914.
- Born in Deptford, he played for Kent as a slow left arm orthodox (SLA) bowler and a right-handed batsman.
- He played in nineteen Test matches for England from 1901 to 1910.
- He was one of the five Cricketers of the Year in the 1904 edition of Wisden Cricketer's Almanack.
- He is generally regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in cricket history and is one of only 33 players who has taken 2,000 wickets in a first-class career.
- He shares (with Tom Goddard and Hedley Verity), the world record for the highest number of first-class wickets (17) taken in a single day's play. Blythe was killed in the Second Battle of Passchendaele while on active service with the British Army during World War I.
- He enlisted in the armed forces at the outbreak of war despite suffering from epilepsy.
- A memorial at Kent's home ground, the St Lawrence Ground in Canterbury, is dedicated to Blythe and to other members of the club who died on active service in the war.
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| Description | British photographer and cricketer | ||
| Date of birth/death | 1 May 1868 | 23 November 1937 | |
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