- Charles Mayo (cricketer)
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Personal information Full name Charles Thomas Worsfold Mayo Born 5 February 1903
Victoria, British Columbia, CanadaDied 10 April 1943 (aged 40)
near Alexandria, EgyptBatting style Right-handed Domestic team information Years Team 1928 Somerset Career statistics Competition First-class Matches 6 Runs scored 193 Batting average 21.44 100s/50s –/1 Top score 60 Balls bowled – Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 3/– Source: CricketArchive, 14 October 2011 Charles Thomas Worsfold Mayo, born at Victoria, British Columbia, Canada on February 5, 1903 and died near Alexandria, Egypt on April 10, 1943, was a cricketer who played six first-class matches for Somerset in 1928.[1]
Educated at Eton College, where he was in the cricket team alongside Gubby Allen, Mayo was a right-handed batsman who featured in the Somerset middle order in six matches in the early part of the 1928 season. He made 35 and 60, his highest score, in his first match against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge.[2] And in the next game, against Warwickshire at Edgbaston, he made 48.[3] But he was not successful in his other games and did not appear in first-class cricket again.
He was killed during the North African campaign in the Second World War.
References
- ^ "Charles Mayo". www.cricketarchive.com. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3711/3711.html. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
- ^ "Nottinghamshire v Somerset". www.cricketarchive.com. 1928-05-12. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12620.html. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
- ^ "Warwickshire v Somerset". www.cricketarchive.com. 1928-05-16. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12632.html. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
Categories:- 1903 births
- 1943 deaths
- English cricketers
- Somerset cricketers
- Canadian cricketers
- Sportspeople from British Columbia
- People from Victoria, British Columbia
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