Graham Charlesworth

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Graham Charlesworth
Personal information
Full name
Graham Michael Charlesworth
Born (1965-02-15) 15 February 1965 (age 59)
Ashow, Warwickshire, England
BattingLeft-handed
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1989/90–1990/91Griqualand West
1989/90–1990/91Impalas
1993Cambridge University
1993Combined Universities
Head coaching information
YearsTeam
2012–Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 18 18
Runs scored 803 537
Batting average 29.74 44.75
100s/50s 0/6 1/2
Top score 83 100*
Balls bowled 1,917 390
Wickets 61 4
Bowling average 55.00 71.75
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 3/33 2/28
Catches/stumpings 11/– 3/–
Source: CricketArchive, 16 March 2016

Graham Michael Charlesworth (born 15 February 1965)[1] is an English former first-class cricketer and the coach of Oxford University Cricket Club.[2] Charlesworth has played first-class and List A cricket for Griqualand West, Cambridge University, Impalas, and Combined Universities.

Charlesworth studied for his undergraduate degree at Durham University, where he won a full palatinate for cricket.[3]

Career[edit]

Charlesworth made his List A debut in October 1989 in a Nissan Shield match for Griqualand West against Western Transvaal at the Fanie du Toit Sports Complex. Charlesworth bowled 9 overs for 32 runs, and scored 36* in the match.[4] A month later, he made his first-class debut in a 1989/90 Castle Bowl match against Orange Free State B at Harmony Gold Mine Cricket Club A Ground. He took 1/91 in the first innings, and scored 19 and 43.[5] At the same time, Charlesworth represented Impalas, a team that represented South African minor provinces, in the Benson & Hedges Series of 1989/90 and 1990/91.[1] His highest first-class score was 81 for Griqualand West against Boland in a 1990/91 Castle Bowl match,[6] and he made a single List A century in his career, in a 1990/91 Benson & Hedges Series match for Impalas against Eastern Province.[7][8][9] In 1993, Charlesworth made first-class appearances for Cambridge University, and a single List A appearance for the Combined Universities in the 1993 Benson & Hedges Cup.[10][1]

In 1993/94, Charlesworth captained Vredenburg-Saldanha; the team which included Ashley Giles.[11] In the 1999/2000 season, Charlesworth was coach of the Griqualand West B team.[12] From 2002 to 2009, Charlesworth played for Oxford cricket team, before moving to Abingdon Vale in 2010.[13] Charlesworth joined Abingdon as a player, but also undertook some coaching responsibilities, and in 2012, he was appointed the team's captain.[14] At the same time, Charlesworth worked as the coach of the Oxford University cricket team.[13][14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "List of List A Matches Played by Graham Charlesworth". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Coaching and Support Staff". Archived from the original on 30 September 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Palatinates". Palatinate (417): 21. 5 November 1987.
  4. ^ "Western Transvaal v Griqualand West". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Orange Free State B v Griqualand West". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Boland v Griqualand West". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Eastern Province v Impalas". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  8. ^ "List A Matches played by Graham Charlesworth". Cricket Archive. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  9. ^ "Graham Charlesworth". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  10. ^ "First-Class Matches Played by Graham Charlesworth". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  11. ^ getsurrey Administrator (20 April 2006). "Cricket: Duo's first-class honours". getsurrey. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  12. ^ Alfred, Luke (December 2001). Lifting the Covers: Inside South African Cricket. David Philip Publishers. p. 16. ISBN 9780864864741.
  13. ^ a b "CRICKET: Charlesworth in Abingdon switch". thisisoxfordshire. Archived from the original on 20 April 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  14. ^ a b "CRICKET: New captain Charlesworth hoping to lure Crawley to Abingdon". Oxford Mail. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.

External links[edit]

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