| Charles Winter | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Charles Arthur Winter |
| Birth Date: | 24 December 1903 |
| Birth Place: | Edmonton, Middlesex, England |
| Death Place: | Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Role: | Bowler |
| Family: | Charles E Winter (father) |
| Club1: | Somerset |
| Type1: | FC |
| Debutdate1: | 3 August |
| Debutyear1: | 1921 |
| Debutfor1: | Somerset |
| Debutagainst1: | Glamorgan |
| Lastdate1: | 4 July |
| Lastyear1: | 1925 |
| Lastfor1: | Somerset |
| Lastagainst1: | Yorkshire |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 26 |
| Runs1: | 437 |
| Bat Avg1: | 10.92 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 44* |
| Deliveries1: | 943 |
| Wickets1: | 15 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 38.13 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 4/61 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 5/ - |
| Date: | 11 May |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3899/3899.html CricketArchive |
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]
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.