Batting style Right-handed Education Radley College Role Cricket Player | Name Charles Worsley 1921 Northamptonshire | |
Full name Charles Edward Austen Worsley Born 30 May 1902 ( 1902-05-30 ) Evenley, Northamptonshire, England 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) Died December 2, 1990, Cove, Devon, United Kingdom | ||
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 first-class appearances for Northamptonshire in the 1921 County Championship against Sussex and Warwickshire. 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. 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.
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.