Charles Edgar Winter (9 October 1865[a] – 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.[2]
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| Full name | Charles Edgar Winter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 October 1865[a] Bermondsey, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 April 1954 (aged 88) Northwood, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Charles A 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 11 May 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cricket career
editWinter played his first match for Somerset in 1879 aged just 13 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 Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC),[3] and five against Hampshire.[4] Somerset were awarded first-class status in 1882,[5] and it was in this season that Winter made his debut first-class appearance, playing for the county against Hampshire.[6] By the time of his first-class debut, Winter was still only aged 16, making him among the youngest debutants to have played first-class cricket for Somerset.[7] 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.[6] 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.[8] It was another match against Hampshire in which Winter improved his bowling figures, taking four wickets for 20 runs.[9] 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.[10]
His son, also named Charles Winter, subsequently also played for Somerset.
Note
editReferences
edit- ^ "Deaths". The Times. No. 52899. 6 April 1954. Retrieved 29 October 2024 – via The Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Player Profile:Charles Winter". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
- ^ "Somerset v Marylebone Cricket Club". CricketArchive. 8 August 1881. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
- ^ "Hampshire v Somerset". CricketArchive. 29 August 1881. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
- ^ Foot (1986), p17
- ^ a b "Hampshire v Somerset". CricketArchive. 24 July 1882. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
- ^ "First-Class Youngest Players". Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ "Marylebone Cricket Club v Somerset". CricketArchive. 4 August 1882. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
- ^ "Somerset v Hampshire". CricketArchive. 16 July 1885. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
- ^ "Hampshire v Somerset". CricketArchive. 20 August 1885. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
Bibliography
edit- Foot, David (1986). Sunshine, Sixes and Cider: The History of Somerset Cricket (1986 ed.). David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-8890-8.