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{{short description|English cricketer and British Army officer}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country =
| fullname = Charles Hamilton Leigh Kindersley
| birth_date = 23 August 1893
| birth_place = [[Firozpur|Ferozepore]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1958|8|8|1893|8|23}}
| death_place = [[Tenterden]], [[Kent]], England
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling =
| role = [[Wicket-keeper]]
| club1 = [[Dorset County Cricket Club|Dorset]]
| year1 = 1911–1912
| club2 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans (India)]]
| year2 = 1927/28
| club3 = [[Northern India cricket team|Northern India]]
| year3 = 1934/35
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 3
| runs1 = 33
| bat avg1 = 8.25
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 14
| deliveries1 = –
| wickets1 = –
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 2/1
| date = 2 October
| year = 2018
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/30263.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Charles Hamilton Leigh Kindersley''' (23 August 1893 – 8 August 1958) was an [[English people|English]] first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Army]] officer.

The son of Maitland Fitzroy Kindersley (and great-grandson of [[Richard Torin Kindersley]]), he was born at [[Firozpur|Ferozepore]] in [[British India]]. He was educated in England at [[Harrow School]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Harrow School|last2=Stephenson|first2=Pleydell Keppel|last3=Godfrey D.|first3=Milverton |title=The Harrow School Register, 1800-1911.|edition= 1st|date=2016-08-26|publisher=Wentworth Press|isbn=978-1362770190|page=874}}</ref> He played [[Minor counties of English and Welsh cricket|minor counties cricket]] for [[Dorset County Cricket Club|Dorset]] in 1911 and 1912, making ten appearances in the [[Minor Counties Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13843/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Charles Kindersley |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2018-10-02}}</ref> Kindsersley served in the [[British Army]] during [[World War I]], entering with the rank of [[second lieutenant]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28906|date=18 September 1914 |page=7401}}</ref> By June 1917, he held the rank of temporary [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in the [[Dorset Regiment]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30132|date=15 June 1917 |page=5946}}</ref> After the war, Kindersley was seconded to the [[Royal Hampshire Regiment]] in 1919.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=31190|date=18 February 1919 |page=2250 |supplement=y}}</ref>

He later transferred to the [[British Indian Army]], where he served with the permanent rank of captain.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33283|date=10 June 1927 |page=3765}}</ref> While serving in India, he made his debut in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] against the [[Hindus cricket team|Hindus]] at [[Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore#Cricket ground|Lahore]] in March 1928.<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13843/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Charles Kindersley |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2018-10-02}}</ref> Days after the conclusion of this match, he played for the [[Punjab Governor's XI cricket team|Punjab Governor's XI]] against [[Northern India cricket team|Northern India]].<ref name="FCM"/> He made a third and final first-class appearance ''for'' Northern India against the [[Indian Army cricket team|Indian Army]] in the [[1934–35 Ranji Trophy]].<ref name="FCM"/> He scored 33 runs across his three matches, with a top score of 14.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13843/13843.html |title=Player profile: Charles Kindersley |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2018-10-02}}</ref> He returned to England at some point after 1934, where he died at [[Tenterden|Tenterden, Kent]], in August 1958, just shy of his 65th birthday.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=30263}}

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