| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Charles Robertson Young | |||
| Born | 2 February 1852 Dharwar, Kingdom of Mysore, British Raj |
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| Batting style | Left-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Left-arm medium | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1867–1885 | Hampshire | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | First-class | |||
| Matches | 38 | |||
| Runs scored | 717 | |||
| Batting average | 11.95 | |||
| 100s/50s | –/– | |||
| Top score | 48 | |||
| Balls bowled | 7,381 | |||
| Wickets | 149 | |||
| Bowling average | 21.86 | |||
| 5 wickets in innings | 8 | |||
| 10 wickets in match | 3 | |||
| Best bowling | 7/19 | |||
| Catches/stumpings | 35/– | |||
| Source: Cricinfo, 10 December 2009 | ||||
Charles Robertson Young (2 February 1852 – date unknown) was an English cricketer. Young was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm medium pace. He was born in Dharwar in the Kingdom of Mysore, then in the British Raj.
Young made his Hampshire debut in 1867, aged just 15 years and 131 days. He was the youngest person to appear in English first-class cricket, a record which stood for 144 years until 27 May 2011, when Yorkshire's Barney Gibson debuted aged 15 years and 27 days.[1]
His first match for the county was against Kent where he made 20* batting at number 9 and taking his maiden wicket, that of Kent opening batsman George Bennett. Young represented Hampshire for 18 years in which time he played 38 matches for the club. His final match against Kent, the team he made his debut against 18 years previously, came in Hampshire's final match as a first-class county until the 1895 County Championship. His career with the club yielded him 149 wickets at an average of 21.86, taking ten wickets in a match three times.
The date and location of Young's death are at present lost to history.