Graham Charlesworth
{{short description|English cricketer and coach}}
{{use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Graham Charlesworth
| image =
| fullname = Graham Michael Charlesworth
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|02|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Ashow, Warwickshire, England
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting = Left-handed
| role = All-rounder
| club1 = Griqualand West
| year1 = {{nowrap|1989/90–1990/91}}
| club2 = Impalas
| year2 = 1989/90–1990/91
| club3 = Cambridge University
| year3 = 1993
| club4 = Combined Universities
| year4 = 1993
| columns = 2
| column1 = First-class
| matches1 = 18
| runs1 = 803
| bat avg1 = 29.74
| 100s/50s1 = 0/6
| top score1 = 83
| deliveries1 = 1,917
| wickets1 = 61
| bowl avg1 = 55.00
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 3/33
| catches/stumpings1 = 11/–
| column2 = List A
| matches2 = 18
| runs2 = 537
| bat avg2 = 44.75
| 100s/50s2 = 1/2
| top score2 = 100*
| deliveries2 = 390
| wickets2 = 4
| bowl avg2 = 71.75
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 2/28
| catches/stumpings2 = 3/–
| date = 16 March
| year = 2016
| coachclub1 = Oxford University
| coachyear1 = 2012–
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Players/17/17614/17614.html CricketArchive
}}
Graham Michael Charlesworth (born 15 February 1965) is an English former first-class cricketer and the coach of Oxford University Cricket Club.{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketintheparks.org.uk/#!coaching-staff/c1wws|title=Coaching and Support Staff|access-date=12 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930143746/http://www.cricketintheparks.org.uk/#!coaching-staff/c1wws|archive-date=30 September 2015|url-status=live}} Charlesworth has played first-class and List A cricket for Griqualand West, Cambridge University, Impalas, and Combined Universities.
Charlesworth studied for his undergraduate degree at Durham University, where he won a full palatinate for cricket.{{cite journal |title=Palatinates |journal=Palatinate |date=5 November 1987 |issue=417 |page=21}}
Career
Charlesworth made his List A debut in October 1989 in a Nissan Shield match for Griqualand West against Western Transvaal at the Fanie du Toit Sports Complex. Charlesworth bowled 9 overs for 32 runs, and scored 36* in the match.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/51/51979.html|title=Western Transvaal v Griqualand West|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=9 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421202113/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/51/51979.html|archive-date=21 April 2016|url-status=live}} A month later, he made his first-class debut in a 1989/90 Castle Bowl match against Orange Free State B at Harmony Gold Mine Cricket Club A Ground. He took 1/91 in the first innings, and scored 19 and 43.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/52/52063.html|title=Orange Free State B v Griqualand West|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=9 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421215952/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/52/52063.html|archive-date=21 April 2016|url-status=live}} At the same time, Charlesworth represented Impalas, a team that represented South African minor provinces, in the Benson & Hedges Series of 1989/90 and 1990/91.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Players/17/17614/List_A_Matches.html|title=List of List A Matches Played by Graham Charlesworth|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=9 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421205126/http://cricketarchive.com/Players/17/17614/List_A_Matches.html|archive-date=21 April 2016|url-status=live}} His highest first-class score was 81 for Griqualand West against Boland in a 1990/91 Castle Bowl match,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/54/54010.html|title=Boland v Griqualand West|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=9 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421210937/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/54/54010.html|archive-date=21 April 2016|url-status=live}} and he made a single List A century in his career, in a 1990/91 Benson & Hedges Series match for Impalas against Eastern Province.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/53/53970.html|title=Eastern Province v Impalas|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=9 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421195949/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/53/53970.html|archive-date=21 April 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=List A Matches played by Graham Charlesworth|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Players/17/17614/17614.html|publisher=Cricket Archive|access-date=9 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421214759/http://cricketarchive.com/Players/17/17614/17614.html|archive-date=21 April 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17614/17614.html|title=Graham Charlesworth|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=9 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421235053/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17614/17614.html|archive-date=21 April 2016|url-status=live}} In 1993, Charlesworth made first-class appearances for Cambridge University, and a single List A appearance for the Combined Universities in the 1993 Benson & Hedges Cup.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Players/17/17614/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches Played by Graham Charlesworth|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=9 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421203145/http://cricketarchive.com/Players/17/17614/First-Class_Matches.html|archive-date=21 April 2016|url-status=live}}
In 1993/94, Charlesworth captained Vredenburg-Saldanha; the team which included Ashley Giles.{{cite web|url=http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/sport/other-sport/cricket-duos-first-class-honours-4840487|title=Cricket: Duo's first-class honours|author=getsurrey Administrator|date=20 April 2006|work=getsurrey|access-date=16 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422040718/http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/sport/other-sport/cricket-duos-first-class-honours-4840487|archive-date=22 April 2016|url-status=live}} In the 1999/2000 season, Charlesworth was coach of the Griqualand West B team.{{cite book| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=BYEpxYpE0M0C&pg=PA16| title= Lifting the Covers: Inside South African Cricket| last=Alfred| first=Luke| page=16| publisher= David Philip Publishers| date=December 2001| isbn= 9780864864741}} From 2002 to 2009, Charlesworth played for Oxford cricket team, before moving to Abingdon Vale in 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/sport/6185699.CRICKET__Charlesworth_in_Abingdon_switch/|title=CRICKET: Charlesworth in Abingdon switch|work=thisisoxfordshire|access-date=16 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420055837/http://www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/sport/6185699.CRICKET__Charlesworth_in_Abingdon_switch/|archive-date=20 April 2016|url-status=live}} Charlesworth joined Abingdon as a player, but also undertook some coaching responsibilities, and in 2012, he was appointed the team's captain.{{cite web|url=http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/sport/cricket/othercricket/9478436.CRICKET__New_captain_Charlesworth_hoping_to_lure_Crawley_to_Abingdon/|title=CRICKET: New captain Charlesworth hoping to lure Crawley to Abingdon|work=Oxford Mail|access-date=16 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611164443/http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/sport/cricket/othercricket/9478436.CRICKET__New_captain_Charlesworth_hoping_to_lure_Crawley_to_Abingdon/|archive-date=11 June 2016|url-status=live}} At the same time, Charlesworth worked as the coach of the Oxford University cricket team.
References
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External links
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Category:People associated with the University of Oxford
Category:English cricketers of 1969 to 2000
Category:20th-century English sportsmen
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Category:British Universities cricketers
Category:Alumni of the College of St Hild and St Bede, Durham