Charles Young (cricketer)
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Charles Robertson Young was an English
cricketer
. Young was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm medium
pace. He was born in Dharwar in the Kingdom of Mysore
, then in the British Raj
.
Young made his Hampshire
debut in 1867, aged just 15 years and 131 days. He was the youngest person to appear in English first-class
cricket, a record which stood for 144 years until 27 May 2011, when Yorkshire
's Barney Gibson
debuted aged 15 years and 27 days.
His first match for the county was against Kent
where he made 20*
batting at number 9 and taking his maiden wicket, that of Kent opening batsman George Bennett
. Young represented Hampshire for 18 years in which time he played 38 matches for the club. His final match against Kent, the team he made his debut against 18 years previously, came in Hampshire's final match as a first-class county until the 1895 County Championship
. His career with the club yielded him 149 wickets at an average of 21.86, taking ten wickets in a match three times.
The date and location of Young's death are at present lost to history.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
cricketer
Cricketer
A cricketer is a person who plays the sport of cricket. Official and long-established cricket publications prefer the traditional word "cricketer" over the rarely used term "cricket player"....
. Young was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm medium
Seam bowling
Seam bowling is a phrase used for a bowling technique in cricket whereby the ball is deliberately bowled on to its seam, to cause a random deviation. Practitioners are known as seam bowlers or seamers....
pace. He was born in Dharwar in the Kingdom of Mysore
Kingdom of Mysore
The Kingdom of Mysore was a kingdom of southern India, traditionally believed to have been founded in 1399 in the vicinity of the modern city of Mysore. The kingdom, which was ruled by the Wodeyar family, initially served as a vassal state of the Vijayanagara Empire...
, then in the British Raj
British Raj
British Raj was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; The term can also refer to the period of dominion...
.
Young made his Hampshire
Hampshire County Cricket Club
Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...
debut in 1867, aged just 15 years and 131 days. He was the youngest person to appear in English first-class
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
cricket, a record which stood for 144 years until 27 May 2011, when Yorkshire
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
's Barney Gibson
Barney Gibson
Barney Peter Gibson is an English cricketer who plays as a wicket-keeper for Yorkshire. He is the youngest cricketer to play first-class cricket in England making his debut for Yorkshire in April 2011 aged 15 years and 27 days....
debuted aged 15 years and 27 days.
His first match for the county was against Kent
Kent County Cricket Club
Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...
where he made 20*
Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
batting at number 9 and taking his maiden wicket, that of Kent opening batsman George Bennett
George Bennett (cricketer)
George Bennett was an English professional cricketer, who played first-class cricket from 1853 to 1873. He was mainly associated with Kent County Cricket Club, and made 170 known appearances in first-class matches.Bennett was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm slow roundarm bowler...
. Young represented Hampshire for 18 years in which time he played 38 matches for the club. His final match against Kent, the team he made his debut against 18 years previously, came in Hampshire's final match as a first-class county until the 1895 County Championship
1895 County Championship
The 1895 County Championship was the sixth officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 6 May to 2 September 1895. Surrey claimed their fifth title, which was decided by the percentage of completed matches by each side....
. His career with the club yielded him 149 wickets at an average of 21.86, taking ten wickets in a match three times.
The date and location of Young's death are at present lost to history.
External links
- Charles Young at CricinfoCricinfoESPNcricinfo is believed to be the largest cricket-related website on the World Wide Web. Content includes news,articles, live scorecards,live text commentary and a comprehensive and searchable database called 'StatsGuru', of historical matches and players from the 18th century to the present...
- Charles Young at CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...