Charles Coote (cricketer)

Charles Purdon Coote JP DL (8 August 1847 – 20 September 1893) was an Irish first-class cricketer.

The son of Charles Purdon Coote and Lydia Lucy Wingfield Digby, he was born in England at Weymouth in August 1847.

He was educated in England at Harrow School, before going up to Trinity College Dublin.

[4] His one appearance for Ireland came in a minor match in 1871 against the MCC, staged to raise the profile of cricket in Ireland, with Coote making scores of 1 and 0 with the MCC winning the match by a heavy margin.

[5] Coote was for many years a director with the Great Southern and Western Railway.