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]
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| Full name | Charles Robert Dudley Wooler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 June 1930 Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 April 2017 (aged 86) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1949–1951 | Leicestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1951–1956 | Rhodesia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 15 August 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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]
References
edit- ^ Booth, Lawrence (2021). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. Bloomsbury USA. p. 299. ISBN 9781472975478.
- ^ "First-class Bowling in England for 1950". CricketArchive.
- ^ "Leicestershire v West Indians 1950". CricketArchive.
- ^ "First-class Bowling in Each Season by Charles Wooler". CricketArchive.
- ^ "Leicestershire v Kent 1951". CricketArchive.
- ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Charles Wooler". CricketArchive.
- ^ "Rhodesia v Marylebone Cricket Club 1956/57". CricketArchive.