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Charles Watts (cricketer, born 1905)

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Charles Watts
Personal information
Full name
Charles John Manning Watts
Born(1905-09-30)30 September 1905
Kislingbury, Northamptonshire, England
Died8 February 1985(1985-02-08) (aged 79)
Northampton, England
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1928Essex
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 8
Runs scored 119
Batting average 10.81
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 41
Balls bowled 2
Wickets 0
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 2/2
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 on 8 February 1985.

References

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  1. ^ "Teams Charles Watts played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  2. ^ "No. 33188". The London Gazette. 8 March 1926. p. 5129.
  3. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Charles Watts". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  4. ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Charles Watts". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  5. ^ "No. 33523". The London Gazette. 8 June 1929. p. 5146.
  6. ^ "No. 34323". The London Gazette. 15 September 1936. p. 5937.
  7. ^ "No. 34415". The London Gazette. 7 June 1937. p. 4345.
  8. ^ "No. 37671". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 July 1946. p. 3920.
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