{{Short description|English sportsman (1854–1905)}} {{for|the American physician and politician|Charles G. Crosse}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox rugby biography |name = Charles Crosse |image = |birth_name = Charles William Crosse |birth_date = 13 June 1854 |birth_place = Bushey, Hertfordshire<br />England |death_date = {{death date and age|1905|5|28|1854|6|13|df=yes}} |death_place = Paris, France |ru_position = Forward |repteam1 = England |repyears1 = 1874–1875 |repcaps1 = 2 |reppoints1 = 0 }} '''Charles William Crosse''' (13 June 1854 – 28 May 1905) was an English sportsman who played international rugby union for England and first-class cricket.
Crosse was capped twice for England, first against Scotland in 1874 and the other against Ireland a year later, both times as a forward.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/match/18904.html|title=England 1G – 0G Scotland (FT)|publisher=ESPNscrum}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/match/18905.html|title=England 2G – 0G Ireland (FT)|publisher=ESPNscrum}}</ref>
In 1875, Crosse played a first-class cricket match for Oxford University. A right handed top order batsman, he made just five and eight in the only two innings of his first-class career.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1/1933.html|title=Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club|publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref> He also represented Scotland at cricket, playing a match against Yorkshire in 1878.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/SCOT/1878_SCOT_Yorkshire_in_Scotland_1878.html|title=Yorkshire in Scotland 1878|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=9 September 2017|archive-date=24 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024031607/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/SCOT/1878_SCOT_Yorkshire_in_Scotland_1878.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Previously, he had played cricket while at Rugby School before going up to Trinity College, Oxford.<ref>{{Cricketarchive|id=28853|name=Charles Crosse}}</ref>
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