Charles Wilson Carpenter (1837 – 5 March 1876) was an English

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er. Carpenter was a right-handed

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, though his

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style is unknown. He was born at Brighton, Sussex, and was educated at

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. Carpenter made his first-class debut for the

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against the

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at the St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury, in 1857. He scored 15 runs in the Gentlemen of Kent and Sussex's first-innings of 143, before being dismissed by

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. In the Gentlemen of England's first-innings, he took the wickets of

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, William Nicholson and Charles Morse, finishing with figures of 3/32 to help bowl them out for just 67. The Gentlemen of Kent and Sussex made 85 in their second-innings, with Carpenter scoring 5 runs before he was dismissed by John Parker. He went wicketless in the Gentlemen of England's second-innings, with Gentlemen of Kent and Sussex winning by 42 runs. Over ten years later he made two first-class appearances in 1868 Sussex against Surrey and

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. He struggled in these two matches, scoring 27 runs at an

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of 6.75, with a high score of 11. He died at

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in the

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on 5 March 1876.

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