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Charles Showers
Personal information
Full name
Charles James Showers
Born 12 January 1848
Fort William, Bengal Presidency,
British India
Died Unknown
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm roundarm medium
Domestic team information
Years Team
1881 Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 3
Runs scored 82
Batting average 16.40
100s/50s –/–
Top score 39
Balls bowled 164
Wickets 1
Bowling average 48.00
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 1/48
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 23 August 2019

Charles James Showers (12 January 1848 – date of death unknown) was an English first-class cricketer.

The son of Major–General St George Daniel Showers, he was born in January 1848 at Fort William in British India. He was educated in England at Cheltenham College and Wellington College. He made his debut in first-class cricket for the South in the North v South fixture of 1877 at Hull. Four years later, he made two further first-class appearances for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Kent and Hampshire, with both matches played at Lord's. He later became a tea planter in Assam.

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