Charlie Walters (born 1 April 1897 – 13 May 1971) was a professional

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who played for Oxford City, Tottenham Hotspur,

Fulham Fulham () is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham in West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, bordering Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea. The area faces Wandsworth ...

and

Mansfield Town Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Stags', they ...

. He was also an amateur

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er. He was born in Sandford-on-Thames,

Oxfordshire Oxfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the north west of South East England. It is a mainly rural county, with its largest settlement being the city of Oxford. The county is a centre of research and development, primarily ...

and died in Kidlington, Oxfordshire.

Football career

Walters joined Tottenham from Oxford City in 1919. He made 117 appearances in all competitions for the club and collected a winners' medal in the

1921 FA Cup Final The 1921 FA Cup Final was contested by Tottenham Hotspur and Wolverhampton Wanderers, which at the time was a Football League Second Division club, at Stamford Bridge. Spurs won by a single goal, scored by Jimmy Dimmock, eight minutes into the se ...

. Walters joined Fulham in 1926 and featured in a further 18 matches before ending his career at Mansfield Town.

Cricket career

Walters made his debut for

in the 1922

Minor Counties Championship The NCCA 3 Day Championship (previously the Minor Counties Cricket Championship) is a season-long competition in England and Wales that is contested by the members of the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA), the so-called national cou ...

against Cambridgeshire. He played Minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire from 1922 to 1952, which is the joint second longest playing time for the county, level with Keith Arnold and exceeded only by Stewart Lee. He played a total of 129 matches for the county. He played first-class for a combined Minor Counties cricket team on four occasions: in 1930 against Wales and Lancashire, in 1931 against the touring New Zealanders, and in 1934 against Oxford University. In his four first-class matches, he scored 47 runs at a batting average of 11.75, with a high score of 25. With the ball he took 3 wickets at a

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of 49.33, with best figures of 2/72.

Honours

Tottenham Hotspur * FA Cup: 1920–21

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Walters, Charlie 1897 births 1971 deaths People from South Oxfordshire District English men's footballers English Football League players Oxford City F.C. players Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players Fulham F.C. players Mansfield Town F.C. players English cricketers Oxfordshire cricketers Minor Counties cricketers Men's association football central defenders Footballers from Oxfordshire