Charles Worsley (cricketer)
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Full name | Charles Edward Austen Worsley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Evenley, Northamptonshire, England | 30 May 1902||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 2 December 1990 Cove, Devon, England | (aged 88)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Arthur Worsley (brother) Edward Knight (grandfather) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1921 | Northamptonshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
He was born at Evenley Vicarage, Northamptonshire and baptised 29 June 1902, the son of the Rev. Edward Worsley (died 16 April 1923), Vicar of Evenley, 1872–1923, and Honorary Canon of Peterborough, by Ethel Adela (died 28 June 1913), the youngest daughter of Edward Knight of Chawton House, Chawton, Hampshire. He was educated at Radley College, 1915–1921.
He worked for Sir Edward Penton and Company, boot manufacturers, 1921–24, a tea planter in Ceylon, 1924, silver fox farmer in Devon, 1934, and a tea planter at Ceylon again, 1939–52.
Worsley made two
He married 1939, Doris Mary, daughter of A. F. Whitechurch. 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.
References
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Charles Worsley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ^ "Northamptonshire v Sussex, 1921 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ^ "Warwickshire v Northamptonshire, 1921 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
External links
- Charles Worsley at ESPNcricinfo
- Charles Worsley at CricketArchive