| Charles Wooler | |
| Country: | Rhodesia |
| Fullname: | Charles Robert Dudley Wooler |
| Birth Date: | 30 June 1930 |
| Birth Place: | Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Role: | Bowler |
| Club1: | Leicestershire |
| Club2: | Rhodesia |
| Year2: | 1951–1956 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 60 |
| Runs1: | 832 |
| Bat Avg1: | 10.80 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 49* |
| Deliveries1: | 8,732 |
| Wickets1: | 130 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 31.00 |
| Fivefor1: | 3 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 5/47 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 16/– |
| Date: | 15 August |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5254/5254.html CricketArchive |
Charles Robert Dudley Wooler (30 June 1930 - 26 April 2017) was a first-class cricketer who played for Leicestershire County Cricket Club in England and the Rhodesia cricket team which competed in the Currie Cup.[1]
Wooler born in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. He was a right-arm fast-medium pace bowler and started his first-class career at Leicestershire. After making his debut in a non-championship match against Northamptonshire in 1949, he earned a regular spot in the team for the 1950 County Championship season. He finished the summer with 54 wickets at 31.31.[2] His average would have been better had he not bowled in a match against the touring West Indians, who amassed 2/682 declared in their first innings. Frank Worrell and Everton Weekes both scored double hundreds while teammate Roy Marshall fell for 188. Wooler took 0/103 from his 28 overs.[3]
He took exactly 50 wickets the following summer, at a slightly better average of 28.20.[4] His 100th first-class wicket was that of Kent all-rounder Alan Shirreff.[5] When the summer ended, Wooler traveled to Rhodesia and represented their team in the 1951/52 Currie Cup. He managed 23 wickets at 32.34 in first-class matches for Rhodesia,[6] with perhaps the biggest of those scalps being his last, Denis Compton of the Marylebone Cricket Club.[7]