Charles Winter (cricketer, born 1903)

Charles Arthur Winter (24 December 1903 – 4 March 1982) was an English cricketer who played 26 first-class matches for Somerset County Cricket Club between 1921 and 1925. A right-handed batsman, he scored 437 first-class runs for the county from the middle-to-lower order. He also bowled occasionally for Somerset as a right-arm fast-medium bowler, claiming 15 wickets a bowling average of 38.13.[1]

For other people with the same name, see Charles Winter.

Charles Winter
Personal information
Full name
Charles Arthur Winter
Born(1903-12-24)24 December 1903
Edmonton, Middlesex, England
Died4 March 1982(1982-03-04) (aged 78)
Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
RelationsCharles E Winter (father)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1921–1925Somerset
FC debut3 August 1921 Somerset v Glamorgan
Last FC4 July 1925 Somerset v Yorkshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 26
Runs scored 437
Batting average 10.92
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 44*
Balls bowled 943
Wickets 15
Bowling average 38.13
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 4/61
Catches/stumpings 5/–
Source: CricketArchive, 11 May 2010

Cricket career

Winter made his debut for Somerset in 1921, aged 18, in a County Championship match against Glamorgan. Batting in the middle order, he was dismissed for one in his only innings of a drawn match.[2] He reached double figures for the first time in his fifth match, against Hampshire in 1922, scoring 15 in the first-innings and remaining 11 not out in the second.[3] He made his highest score in a University Match against Cambridge University in 1924, scoring an unbeaten 44.[4]

Throughout his career, Winter generally batted in the middle-to-lower order, despite not being used as a front-line bowler. His fifteen career first-class wickets were spread throughout his cricketing career, with his best return coming in a 1924 match against Yorkshire, when he took four wickets in twelve and a half overs.[5] Winter's best season with both bat and ball was the 1924, in which he claimed almost half of his wickets, and well over a third of his runs. The season also saw him represent the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in a one-day match against Indian Gymkhana. During the match, held at Lord's, he scored six in a drawn match.[6]

Winter's father, also named Charles Winter, had previously played for Somerset between 1882 and 1895 as a fast bowler.[7]

Military career

On 6 May 1944, Winter was gazetted into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers as a second lieutenant.[8]

References
  1. "Player Profile:Charles Winter". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
  2. "Somerset v Glamorgan". CricketArchive. 3 August 1921. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
  3. "Hampshire v Somerset". CricketArchive. 19 August 1922. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
  4. "Cambridge University v Somerset". CricketArchive. 28 May 1924. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
  5. "Yorkshire v Somerset". CricketArchive. 18 June 1924. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
  6. "Marylebone Cricket Club v Indian Gymkhana". CricketArchive. 19 August 1924. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
  7. "Player Profile: Charles Winter (Snr)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
  8. "No. 36596". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 July 1944. pp. 3174–3175.
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