Graham Charlesworth

Graham Charlesworth
Personal information
Full name Graham Michael Charlesworth
Born (1965-02-15) 15 February 1965
Ashow, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Batting Left-hand
Role All-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1989/90–1990/91 Griqualand West
1989/90–1990/91 Impalas
1993 Cambridge University
1993 Combined Universities
Career statistics
Competition FC LA
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 1917 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 11/0 3/0
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

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

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