Charles Worsley (cricketer)

Charles Edward Austen Worsley (30 May 1902 – 2 December 1990) was an English cricketer. Worsley was a right-handed batsman.

Charles Worsley

Personal information
Full name	Charles Edward Austen Worsley
Born	(1902-05-30)30 May 1902 Evenley, Northamptonshire, England
Died	2 December 1990(1990-12-02) (aged 88) Cove, Devon, England
Batting	Right-handed
Relations	Arthur Worsley (brother) Edward Knight (grandfather)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1921	Northamptonshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 2 Runs scored 34 Batting average 8.50 100s/50s –/– Top score 23 Balls bowled – Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 19 November 2011

He was born at Evenley Vicarage, Northamptonshire and baptised 29 June 1902, the son of the Rev. Edward Worsley (died 16 April 1923), Vicar of Evenley, 1872-1923, and Honorary Canon of Peterborough, by Ethel Adela (died 28 June 1913), the youngest daughter of Edward Knight of Chawton House, Chawton, Hampshire. He was educated at Radley College, 1915-1921.

He worked for Sir Edward Penton and Company, boot manufacturers, 1921–24, a tea planter in Ceylon, 1924, silver fox farmer in Devon, 1934, and a tea planter at Ceylon again, 1939-52.

Worsley made two first-class appearances for Northamptonshire in the 1921 County Championship against Sussex and Warwickshire.[1] In the match against Sussex at the County Ground, Northampton, Worsely scored 5 runs Northamptonshire's first-innings, before being dismissed by Vallance Jupp. In their second-innings he was dismissed for 23 by the same bowler. The match ended in a draw.[2] In the match against Warwickshire at Edgbaston, he was dismissed for 4 runs in Northamptonshire's first-innings by Willie Quaife, while in their second-innings he scored 2 runs, before being dismissed by Harry Howell. Warwickshire won the match by 82 runs.[3]

He married 1939, Doris Mary, daughter of A. F. Whitechurch. He died at Cove, Devon on 2 December 1990. His brother, Arthur, also played first-class cricket. He was also related through his mother to the Knight cricketing family, a large number of whom played first-class cricket.

References

1. "First-Class Matches played by Charles Worsley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
2. "Northamptonshire v Sussex, 1921 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
3. "Warwickshire v Northamptonshire, 1921 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 November 2011.

External links

• Charles Worsley at ESPNcricinfo
• Charles Worsley at CricketArchive