- Charles Winter (cricketer, born 1866)
-
For other people of the same name, see Charles Winter.
Charles Winter Personal information Full name Charles Edgar Winter Born 9 October 1866
Bermondsey, London, EnglandDied 3 April 1954 (aged 87)
Northwood, Middlesex, EnglandBatting style Right-handed Bowling style Right-arm fast Role Bowler Relations CA Winter (Son) Domestic team information Years Team 1881–1895 Somerset FC debut 24 July 1882 Somerset v Lancashire Last FC 30 May 1895 Somerset v Hampshire Career statistics Competition First-class Matches 25 Runs scored 319 Batting average 8.62 100s/50s 0/1 Top score 62 Balls bowled 2260 Wickets 50 Bowling average 22.14 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 4/20 Catches/stumpings 11/– Source: CricketArchive, 11 May 2010 Charles Edgar Winter (9 October 1866 – 3 April 1954) was an English cricketer who played 25 first-class matches for Somerset County Cricket Club between 1882 and 1895. A right-arm fast bowler, he claimed 50 wickets for the county at a Bowling average of 22.14. His highest score was 62, the only occasion on which he made a half-century.[1]
Contents
Cricket career
Winter played his first match for Somerset in 1879 aged just 12 in a match against Wells Cricket Club. His next matches for the then second-class county came in 1881 when he claimed three wickets against the MCC,[2] and five against Hampshire.[3] Somerset were awarded first-class status in 1882,[4] and it was in this season that Winter made his debut first-class appearance, playing for the county against Hampshire.[5] By the time of his first-class debut, Winter was still only aged 15, making him among the youngest debutants to have played first-class cricket for Somerset.[citation needed] Coming on to bowl at the first change of bowling, Winter claimed a wicket in his first innings, with the Hampshire captain Russell Bencraft being caught off his bowling. He was dismissed for six in both of Somerset's innings.[5] In his second match, against the MCC, Winter claimed four wickets for 49 runs in the second-innings, achieving a return that would remain his best until 1885.[6] It was another match against Hampshire in which Winter improved his bowling figures, taking four wickets for 20 runs.[7] Playing the same opposition later that season, Somerset had only travelled to Southampton for the match with nine players. After scoring 22 in the first-innings, Winter was promoted to open the second for Somerset, and scored his highest total, and only half-century, making 62 runs.[8]
His son, also named Charles Winter, subsequently also played for Somerset.
References
- ^ "Player Profile:Charles Winter". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3900/3900.html. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
- ^ "Somerset v Marylebone Cricket Club". CricketArchive. 1881-08-08. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/128/128352.html. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
- ^ "Hampshire v Somerset". CricketArchive. 1881-08-29. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/128/128671.html. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
- ^ Foot (1986), p17
- ^ a b "Hampshire v Somerset". CricketArchive. 1882-07-24. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/2/2604.html. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
- ^ "Marylebone Cricket Club v Somerset". CricketArchive. 1882-08-04. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/2/2617.html. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
- ^ "Somerset v Hampshire". CricketArchive. 1885-07-16. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/2/2987.html. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
- ^ "Hampshire v Somerset". CricketArchive. 1885-08-20. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/3/3017.html. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
Bibliography
- Foot, David. Sunshine, Sixes and Cider: The History of Somerset Cricket (1986 ed.). David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-8890-8.
External links
Categories:- 1866 births
- 1954 deaths
- English cricketers
- Somerset cricketers
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
