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30 September 1905 Kislingbury, Northamptonshire, England |
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8 February 1985 (aged 79) Northampton, Northamptonshire, England |
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, Northamptonshire on 8 February 1985.
References[]
- ↑ "Teams Charles Watts played for". CricketArchive. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5353/all_teams.html. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
- ↑ {{London Gazette |issue=33188 |date=8 March 1926 |startpage=5129|}
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Charles Watts". CricketArchive. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5353/First-Class_Matches.html. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
- ↑ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Charles Watts". CricketArchive. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5353/f_Batting_by_Team.html. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
- ↑ {{London Gazette |issue=33523 |date=8 June 1929 |startpage=5146|}
- ↑ {{London Gazette |issue=34323 |date=1936-15-09 |startpage=5937|}
- ↑ {{London Gazette |issue=34415 |date=7 June 1937 |startpage=4345|}
- ↑ {{London Gazette |issue=37671 |date=1946-30-07 |supp=y |startpage=3920|}
External links[]
- Charles Watts at ESPNcricinfo
- Charles Watts at CricketArchive
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