Charles Arthur Winter (24 December 1903 – 4 March 1982) was an English cricketer who played 26 first-class matches for Somerset County Cricket Club between 1921 and 1925. A right-handed batsman, he scored 437 first-class runs for the county from the middle-to-lower order. He also bowled occasionally for Somerset as a right-arm fast-medium bowler, claiming 15 wickets a bowling average of 38.13.[1]
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| Full name | Charles Arthur Winter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1903-12-24)24 December 1903 Edmonton, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 March 1982(1982-03-04) (aged 78) Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Charles E Winter (father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921–1925 | Somerset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 3 August 1921 Somerset v Glamorgan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 4 July 1925 Somerset v Yorkshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 11 May 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winter made his debut for Somerset in 1921, aged 18, in a County Championship match against Glamorgan. Batting in the middle order, he was dismissed for one in his only innings of a drawn match.[2] He reached double figures for the first time in his fifth match, against Hampshire in 1922, scoring 15 in the first-innings and remaining 11 not out in the second.[3] He made his highest score in a University Match against Cambridge University in 1924, scoring an unbeaten 44.[4]
Throughout his career, Winter generally batted in the middle-to-lower order, despite not being used as a front-line bowler. His fifteen career first-class wickets were spread throughout his cricketing career, with his best return coming in a 1924 match against Yorkshire, when he took four wickets in twelve and a half overs.[5] Winter's best season with both bat and ball was the 1924, in which he claimed almost half of his wickets, and well over a third of his runs. The season also saw him represent the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in a one-day match against Indian Gymkhana. During the match, held at Lord's, he scored six in a drawn match.[6]
Winter's father, also named Charles Winter, had previously played for Somerset between 1882 and 1895 as a fast bowler.[7]
On 6 May 1944, Winter was gazetted into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers as a second lieutenant.[8]