| Charles Winter | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Charles Edgar Winter |
| Birth Date: | 9 October 1866 |
| Birth Place: | Bermondsey, London, England |
| Death Place: | Northwood, Middlesex, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm fast |
| Role: | Bowler |
| Family: | Charles A Winter (son) |
| Club1: | Somerset |
| Type1: | FC |
| Debutdate1: | 24 July |
| Debutyear1: | 1882 |
| Debutfor1: | Somerset |
| Debutagainst1: | Lancashire |
| Lastdate1: | 30 May |
| Lastyear1: | 1895 |
| Lastfor1: | Somerset |
| Lastagainst1: | Hampshire |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 25 |
| Runs1: | 319 |
| Bat Avg1: | 8.62 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/1 |
| Top Score1: | 62 |
| Deliveries1: | 2,260 |
| Wickets1: | 50 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 22.14 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 4/20 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 11/ - |
| Date: | 11 May |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3900/3900.html CricketArchive |
Charles Edgar Winter (9 October 1866 – 3 April 1954) was an English cricketer who played 25 first-class matches for Somerset County Cricket Club between 1882 and 1895. A right-arm fast bowler, he claimed 50 wickets for the county at a Bowling average of 22.14. His highest score was 62, the only occasion on which he made a half-century.[1]
Winter played his first match for Somerset in 1879 aged just 12 in a match against Wells Cricket Club. His next matches for the then second-class county came in 1881 when he claimed three wickets against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC),[2] and five against Hampshire.[3] Somerset were awarded first-class status in 1882,[4] and it was in this season that Winter made his debut first-class appearance, playing for the county against Hampshire.[5] By the time of his first-class debut, Winter was still only aged 15, making him among the youngest debutants to have played first-class cricket for Somerset. Coming on to bowl at the first change of bowling, Winter claimed a wicket in his first innings, with the Hampshire captain Russell Bencraft being caught off his bowling. He was dismissed for six in both of Somerset's innings.[5] In his second match, against the MCC, Winter claimed four wickets for 49 runs in the second-innings, achieving a return that would remain his best until 1885.[6] It was another match against Hampshire in which Winter improved his bowling figures, taking four wickets for 20 runs.[7] Playing the same opposition later that season, Somerset had only travelled to Southampton for the match with nine players. After scoring 22 in the first-innings, Winter was promoted to open the second for Somerset, and scored his highest total, and only half-century, making 62 runs.[8]
His son, also named Charles Winter, subsequently also played for Somerset.