Charlie Hartley (Kent cricketer)

Charles Frederick Hartley (born 4 January 1994), known as Charlie Hartley, is an English former professional cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club. He is a right-arm swing bowler who bats right-handed. He made his First-class cricket debut for Kent against Leicestershire in July 2014.[1]

Charlie Hartley
Personal information
Full name
Charles Frederick Hartley
Born (1994-01-04) 4 January 1994
Redditch, Worcestershire
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2014–2017Kent (squad no. 22)
FC debut7 July 2014 Kent v Leicestershire
LA debut16 May 2014 Kent v Sri Lankans
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 3 8
Runs scored 7 30
Batting average 1.75 6.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 5 15
Balls bowled 464 384
Wickets 11 9
Bowling average 28.54 40.77
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 4/80 2/23
Catches/stumpings 0/– 0/–
Source: CricInfo, 2 October 2017

Hartley was born in Redditch in Worcestershire and attended Millfield School where he played in the cricket First XI.[2][3] Having played for Worcestershire and Somerset youth teams[4] and appearing for the Kent Second XI during the 2013 season, he signed a professional contract with the club in September 2013.[2][5] His initial trial with Kent was arranged by former Kent and England bowler Richard Ellison who taught at Millfield.[6]

Hartley played four times for Kent during the 2014 season, twice in first-class matches and twice in List A matches against Sri Lanka and New Zealand A.[7][8][9] He made two List A appearances in the 2016 Royal London One-Day Cup, returning his best bowling figures in List A cricket of 2/26 against Gloucestershire[10] and was rewarded with a one-year contract extension at the end of the 2016 season.[11] He has continued to play for Kent in Second XI matches as well as playing for Canterbury Cricket Club, Bromley Cricket Club and Dartford Cricket Club in the Kent Cricket League and playing grade cricket in New South Wales for Newcastle City.[4][12][13]

Hartley played club cricket for Durbanville in the Western Province Cricket Association in South Africa during the 2016−17 English winter.[14] He injured a shoulder whilst fielding for the club and, as a result, missed Kent's matches in the 2016–17 Regional Super50 competition in the Caribbean during January and February 2017.[15] After rehabilitation work on the injury he travelled to Tanzania to play for St Gobain Strikers in the Advanced Players League T20 competition, part of a group of 12 overseas players brought in to strengthen the competition.[15][16][17]

Hartley played his third first-class match for Kent, his first since 2014, against the touring West Indians on 6 August 2017 during the 166th Canterbury Cricket Week.[18] He took 4/80 in the first innings and a total of 6 wickets in the drawn match as the tourists struggled against a young Kent bowling attack.

At the end of the 2017 season Hartley was released by Kent.[19][20] He has since developed an educational mobile app and a website which aims to connect young cricketers with professional mentors.[6]

References
  1. Leicestershire v Kent: Claydon too hot for home side, BBC sport website, 2014-07-07. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  2. Kent Cricket sign young fast bowlers Charlie Hartley and Matt Hunn after impressing on trial with 2nd XI, Kent Online, 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  3. Six former Millfield School pupils in LV= County Championship action for Kent, Somerset, Derbyshire, Sussex and Northants Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine, Central Somerset Gazette, 2014-07-10. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  4. Teams Charlie Hartley played for, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  5. Kent sign fast bowlers Charlie Hartley and Matt Hunn, BBC sport website, 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  6. Storey A (2020) Former Kent Cricket fast bowler Charlie Hartley talks about the journey to a different career, Kent Online, 2020-06-12. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  7. List A matches played by Charlie Hartley, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  8. Surrey v Kent - Day Two, Sporting Life, 2014-07-21. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  9. Hartley, Hunn - Kent's young pacemen, Kent County Cricket Club, 2014-09-08. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  10. Denly guides Kent to comfortable win, CricInfo, 2016-07-31. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  11. Bruce A (2016) Hartley extends Kent contract, Kent Sport News, 2015-10-25. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  12. Shepherd Neame Kent Cricket League season starts, Kent County Cricket Club, 2016-04-30. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  13. Kent trio to join Mitch Claydon at Newcastle City, Kent County Cricket Club, 2015-01-02. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  14. Hartley and Qayyum join South African clubs for winter, Kent County Cricket Club, 2016-11-30. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  15. Charlie Hartley to play in Tanzania tournament, Kent County Cricket Club, 2017-03-02. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  16. Jongo S (2017) Anxiety as Advanced cricket league takes off today in Dar, The Citizen, 2017-03-02. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  17. Charlie Hartley pushing claim for regular action, Kent County Cricket Club, 2017-03-23. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  18. Radford hails workout for batsmen, CricInfo, 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  19. Charlie Hartley to leave Kent, Kent County Cricket Club, 2017-09-29. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
  20. Hoad A (2017) Charlie Hartley joins Adam Ball and Hugh Bernard in being released by Kent, Kent Online, 2017-10-02. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
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