Charles Wooler Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Booth, Lawrence . 2021 . Wisden Cricketers' Almanack . 299 . Bloomsbury USA . 9781472975478.
  2. Web site: First-class Bowling in England for 1950. CricketArchive.
  3. Web site: Leicestershire v West Indians 1950. CricketArchive.
  4. Web site: First-class Bowling in Each Season by Charles Wooler. CricketArchive.
  5. Web site: Leicestershire v Kent 1951. CricketArchive.
  6. Web site: First-class Bowling For Each Team by Charles Wooler. CricketArchive.
  7. Web site: Rhodesia v Marylebone Cricket Club 1956/57. CricketArchive.