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Charles Wooler Personal information Full name Charles Robert Dudley Wooler Born 30 June 1930
Bulawayo, RhodesiaBatting style Right-hand batsman Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium Role Bowler Domestic team information Years Team 1949-1951 Leicestershire 1951-1956 Rhodesia Career statistics Competition FC Matches 60 Runs scored 832 Batting average 10.80 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 49* Balls bowled 8732 Wickets 130 Bowling average 31.00 5 wickets in innings 3 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 5-47 Catches/stumpings 16/0 Source: CricketArchive, November 17 1956 Charles Robert Dudley Wooler (born June 30, 1930 in Bulawayo, Rhodesia) was a first-class cricketer who played for the Leicestershire County Cricket Club in England and the Rhodesia cricket team which competed in the Currie Cup.
Wooler was a right-arm fast-medium pace bowler and started his first-class career at Leicestershire. After making his debut in a non county match against Northamptonshire in 1949, he earned a regular spot in the team for the 1950 County Championship season. He finished the summer with 54 wickets at 31.31.[1] His average would have been better had he not bowled in a match against the touring West Indians who amassed 2/682 declared in their first innings. Frank Worrell and Everton Weekes both scored double hundreds while teammate Roy Marshall fell for 188. Wooler took 0/103 from his 28 overs.[2]
He took exactly 50 wickets the following summer, at a slightly better average of 28.20.[3] His 100th first-class wicket was that of Kent all-rounder Alan Shirreff.[4]
When the summer ended, Wooler traveled to Rhodesia and represented their team in the 1951/52 Currie Cup. He managed 23 wickets at 32.34 in first-class matches for Rhodesia,[5] with perhaps the biggest of those scalps being his last ever, Denis Compton of the Marylebone Cricket Club.[6]
References
- ^ "First-class Bowling in England for 1950". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/Seasonal_Averages/ENG/1950_f_Bowling_by_Average.html.
- ^ "Leicestershire v West Indians 1950". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19396.html.
- ^ "First-class Bowling in Each Season by Charles Wooler". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5254/f_Bowling_by_Season.html.
- ^ "Leicestershire v Kent 1951". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19966.html.
- ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Charles Wooler". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5254/f_Bowling_by_Team.html.
- ^ "Rhodesia v Marylebone Cricket Club 1956/57". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22263.html.
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