Charles Watts (cricketer, born 1905)
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| Full name | Charles John Manning Watts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
30 September 1905 Kislingbury, Northamptonshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
8 February 1985 (aged 79) Northampton, Northamptonshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1928 | Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 24 July 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charles John Manning Watts (30 September 1905 – 8 February 1985) was an English cricketer. Watts was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Kislingbury, Northamptonshire and educated at Repton School, where he played for the school cricket team.[1]
Watts later attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, as a Gentlemen Cadet, where he graduated and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant into the Northamptonshire Regiment.[2] He made his first-class debut for Essex against Leicestershire in the 1928 County Championship. He made 7 further first-class appearances for Essex in that season, the last of which came against Lancashire.[3] In his 8 first-class matches, he scored 119 runs at an average of 10.81, with a high score of 41. Behind the stumps he took 2 catches and made 2 stumpings.[4]
Continuing his military career, he was promoted to Lieutenant on 4 August 1929.[5] He served in British Malaya in 1935, where he was granted the local (temporary) rank of Captain while serving there,[6] a rank he held until 1937.[7] He later saw active service in the Second World War, holding the rank of Major by the war's end as an officer of the Suffolk Regiment.[8] He died in Northampton, Northamptonshire on 8 February 1985.
References
- ↑ "Teams Charles Watts played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33188. p. 5129. 8 March 1926.
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Charles Watts". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
- ↑ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Charles Watts". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33523. p. 5146. 8 June 1929.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 34323. p. 5937. 1936-15-09.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 34415. p. 4345. 7 June 1937.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 37671. p. 3920. 1946-30-07.