Charlie Price
Personal information
Full name
Charles Frederick Thomas Price
Born17 February 1917
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died19 January 1997(1997-01-19) (aged 79)
Avalon, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 14
Runs scored 327
Batting average 19.23
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 55
Balls bowled 1,182
Wickets 24
Bowling average 26.79
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 4/33
Catches/stumpings 11/–
Source: Cricinfo, 2 February 2022

Charles Frederick Thomas Price (17 February 1917 – 19 February 1997) was an Australian first-class cricketer and Australian Army soldier.

Price was born at Sydney in February 1917. He served in the Australian Army during the Second World War, enlisting as a staff sergeant in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps in June 1940.[1] Following the end of the war in Europe in 1945, Price appeared in first-class cricket for the Australian Services cricket team. He played in the first two Victory Tests against England in at Lord's in May and Sheffield in June,[2] in addition to playing against H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI at the annual Scarborough Festival.[3] He took 7 wickets in the Victory Tests,[2] and in the match at Lord's he scored 35 runs batting at number 10, sharing in a stand of 88 with Graham Williams (53) in the Australian Services first innings.[4] In their second innings he was batting alongside Cec Pepper when the winning runs were struck.[2]

Price returned home to Australia with the Australian Services team following their matches in England, stopping off in Ceylon and British India on the homeward journey, where he appeared in six first-class matches in British India and one first-class match in Ceylon against the Ceylon cricket team. Arriving in Australia in December 1945, Price represented the Australian Services in four further first-class matches against Western Australia, Victoria, Queensland, and Tasmania.[3] Playing in 14 first-class matches in all, Price scored 327 runs at an average of 19.23;[5] he made one half century, a score of 55 against West Zone.[6] With his slow left-arm orthodox bowling, he took 24 wickets at a bowling average of 26.79, with best figures of 4 for 33.[7] He was discharged from the army in March 1946.[1] Upon his return home, Price moved to rural New South Wales where he went into business.[2][1] Price died at Avalon in February 1997.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Charles Frederick Thomas Price". www.vwma.org.au. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Wisden - Obituaries in 1997". ESPNcricinfo. 6 December 2005. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  3. 1 2 "First-Class Matches played by Charles Price". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "England v Australian Services, 1945". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Charlie Price". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  6. ↑ "First-Class Batting and Fielding Against Each Opponent by Charlie Price". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  7. ↑ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Charlie Price". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
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