{{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)<ref name="cricketarchive.com"/> is an English former first-class cricketer and the coach of Oxford University Cricket Club.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Palatinates |journal=Palatinate |date=5 November 1987 |issue=417 |page=21}}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name="cricketarchive.com">{{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}}</ref> His highest first-class score was 81 for Griqualand West against Boland in a 1990/91 Castle Bowl match,<ref>{{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}}</ref> and he made a single List A century in his career, in a 1990/91 Benson & Hedges Series match for Impalas against Eastern Province.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name="cricketarchive.com" />
In 1993/94, Charlesworth captained Vredenburg-Saldanha; the team which included Ashley Giles.<ref>{{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}}</ref> In the 1999/2000 season, Charlesworth was coach of the Griqualand West B team.<ref>{{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}}</ref> From 2002 to 2009, Charlesworth played for Oxford cricket team, before moving to Abingdon Vale in 2010.<ref name="thisisoxfordshire.co.uk">{{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}}</ref> Charlesworth joined Abingdon as a player, but also undertook some coaching responsibilities, and in 2012, he was appointed the team's captain.<ref name="oxfordmail.co.uk">{{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}}</ref> At the same time, Charlesworth worked as the coach of the Oxford University cricket team.<ref name="thisisoxfordshire.co.uk" /><ref name="oxfordmail.co.uk" />
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{cricinfo|id=10970}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Charlesworth, Graham}} Category:Living people Category:People associated with the University of Oxford Category:1965 births Category:English cricketers of 1969 to 2000 Category:20th-century English sportsmen Category:Griqualand West cricketers Category:Cambridge University cricketers Category:English cricketers Category:English expatriates in South Africa Category:British Universities cricketers Category:Alumni of the College of St Hild and St Bede, Durham Category:People from Warwick District Category:Cricketers from Warwickshire