Charles Percival Whiting (18 April 1888 – 14 January 1959) was an English
first-class cricketer.
Born in
Dringhoe
Dringhoe is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north of Hornsea on the B1249 road to the west of Skipsea Brough.
It forms part of the civil parish of Skipsea
Skipsea is a village and civil paris ...
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Skipsea
Skipsea is a village and civil parish on the North Sea coast of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately south of Bridlington and north of Hornsea on the B1242 road at its junction with the B1249 road.
The civil par ...
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Yorkshire,
England, Whiting was a right arm fast bowler and right-handed tail order batsman. He played in four matches for
Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1914, before reappearing after
World War I for two more games in 1920. He took 5 for 46 against
Essex, his only five wicket haul, and fifteen wickets altogether at an average of 27.73.
His highest first-class innings was 26 against
Kent. He also appeared for the Yorkshire Second XI between 1911 and 1923, and represented the
East Riding in 1919.
Whiting's business as a corn and seed merchant, precluded him from an offered engagement by Yorkshire. He did have a couple of seasons with Leeds C.C. as a semi-professional, otherwise all his cricket was with Driffield C.C. He became managing director of James Mortimer Ltd., of Driffield, having begun working for them as a boy.
Whiting died in January 1959, in
Driffield, Yorkshire.
References
External links
Cricket Archive
1888 births
1959 deaths
Yorkshire cricketers
English cricketers
People from Driffield
Cricketers from Yorkshire
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