About C. B. Fry
Charles Burgess Fry was an English sportsman, teacher, writer, editor and publisher, who is best remembered for his career as a cricketer. John Arlott described him with the words: "Charles Fry could be autocratic, angry and self-willed: he was also magnanimous, extravagant, generous, elegant, brilliant – and fun... he was probably the most variously gifted Englishman of any age." In his final term at Oxford in 1895, Fry experienced his first bout of mental illness, suffering a mental breakdown. At Repton, he won the school prizes for Latin Verse, Greek Verse, Latin Prose and French. In athletics, he ran the 100 yards in under 11 seconds and set a new school long jump record of 21 feet that would not be beaten until 20 years later by Harold Abrahams. In his freshman year, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University Cricket Club against the Gentlemen of England at the University Parks in Oxford.
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