Charles Worsley (cricketer)

Personal information
Full name Charles Edward Austen Worsley
Born 30 May 1902
Evenley, Northamptonshire, England
Died 2 December 1990
Cove, Devon, England
Batting style Right-handed
Relations Arthur Worsley (brother)
Edward Knight (grandfather)
Brook Knight (great-uncle)
Henry Knight (great-uncle)
George Knight (great-uncle)
Philip Knight (uncle)
Wiliam Knight (uncle)
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

Charles Edward Austen Worsley (30 May 1902 – 2 December 1990) was an English cricketer. Worsley was a right-handed batsman. The son of Edward Worsley, he was born at Evenley, Northamptonshire and educated at Radley College.

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 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.

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