Charles Harrington Broad (5 October 1872 – 7 September 1959) was a New Zealand cricketer, rugby union player, and school teacher.

[5] The latter years of that period were as an extramural student studying for a Bachelor of Arts, and he graduated from Auckland University College in 1893.

[1] Broad made his first-class debut for Nelson, against Wellington at the Basin Reserve, in the 1888–89 season.

[11] Broad made a final appearance for Nelson, playing against Lord Hawke's XI at Trafalgar Park in January 1903.

[14] The following season against Canterbury at Carisbrook, Broad made 12 and 17 runs batting at four, and was not called upon to bowl.

[15] Later in the 1898–99 season, Broad played for Otago against the New Zealand team selected to tour Australia.

[16] In his final first-class season for Otago, 1899–1900, Broad scored a total of 98 runs, with a high-score of 60 batting at number seven against Hawke's Bay, at an average of 14.00.

[20] In his first match, against South Canterbury at Trafalgar Park on 30 July 1894, Broad played at fullback.

[13] In 1893 Broad was appointed junior master at Nelson College, with a salary of £50 per year plus board and residence.

Following the retirement of Harry Lewis Fowler as headmaster of Nelson College after a 17-year tenure, Broad was appointed as his replacement, and was the first old boy of the school to be given the role.

[25] He was involved in the purchase in 1927 of five acres (2.0 hectares) of land between Vanguard and Tipahi Streets for additional college playing fields, that were later named "Broad's" in his honour.