Charles Winter (cricketer, born 1866)

Charles Edgar Winter (9 October 1866 – 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.[1]

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

Charles Winter
Personal information
Full nameCharles Edgar Winter
Born(1866-10-09)9 October 1866
Bermondsey, London, England
Died3 April 1954(1954-04-03) (aged 87)
Northwood, Middlesex, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleBowler
RelationsCA Winter (Son)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1881–1895Somerset
FC debut24 July 1882 Somerset v Lancashire
Last FC30 May 1895 Somerset v Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 25
Runs scored 319
Batting average 8.62
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 62
Balls bowled 2260
Wickets 50
Bowling average 22.14
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 4/20
Catches/stumpings 11/–
Source: CricketArchive, 11 May 2010

Cricket career

Winter played his first match for Somerset in 1879 aged just 12 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),[2] and five against Hampshire.[3] Somerset were awarded first-class status in 1882,[4] and it was in this season that Winter made his debut first-class appearance, playing for the county against Hampshire.[5] By the time of his first-class debut, Winter was still only aged 15, making him among the youngest debutants to have played first-class cricket for Somerset. 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.[5] 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.[6] It was another match against Hampshire in which Winter improved his bowling figures, taking four wickets for 20 runs.[7] 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.[8]

His son, also named Charles Winter, subsequently also played for Somerset.

References
  1. "Player Profile:Charles Winter". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
  2. "Somerset v Marylebone Cricket Club". CricketArchive. 8 August 1881. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
  3. "Hampshire v Somerset". CricketArchive. 29 August 1881. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
  4. Foot (1986), p17
  5. "Hampshire v Somerset". CricketArchive. 24 July 1882. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
  6. "Marylebone Cricket Club v Somerset". CricketArchive. 4 August 1882. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
  7. "Somerset v Hampshire". CricketArchive. 16 July 1885. Retrieved 12 May 2010.
  8. "Hampshire v Somerset". CricketArchive. 20 August 1885. Retrieved 11 May 2010.

Bibliography
  • Foot, David. Sunshine, Sixes and Cider: The History of Somerset Cricket (1986 ed.). David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-8890-8.
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