Until April 2011, Charles Young was the youngest person to appear in English first-class cricket. representing Hamphire against Kent at Gravesend on June 13, 1867 at the age of 15 years 131 days. Batting at No. 9 he scored 20 not out. The last of his 38 first-class appearance for Hampshire was in 1885. Details of his death have never been discovered.

Charles Young Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100s	50s	Ct	St
FC	38	67	7	717	48	11.95	0	0	35	0

Bowling

Format	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	5w	10w
FC	38	7381	3258	149	7/19	21.86	2.64	49.5	8	3

Umpire & Referee

Format	Mat	Umpire
FC	3	3

Recent Matches of Charles Young

Match	Date	Ground	Format
M.C.C. vs Cambridge U	03-Jul-1919	Lord's	FC
M.C.C. vs Oxford Uni	30-Jun-1919	Lord's	FC
HDG LG XI vs Cambridge U	23-Jun-1919	Eastbourne	FC

News and Features about Charles Young

Pick 'em early?

Prodigies, like Yorkshire have nurtured, emerge with the expectation of something big. But really all they offer then is promise, which can be fulfilled or lost

12-Jun-2013•Jon Hotten