Charles Worthington

Charles Robert Worthington (28 February 1877 – 7 December 1950) was an English-born surgeon and first-class cricketer who served in the Boer War, the Royal Navy and with the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I. Worthington was born in England but lived in Canada from 1912. Early life Worthington was born at Surbiton in Surrey in 1877, the fourth child of Richard and Ellen (née Oldman) Worthington. His father was born at Grinton in Yorkshire and served in the Bombay Civil Service after graduating from St John's College, Cambridge in 1856. He retired in 1879 and the family lived in Guernsey and at Tonbridge in Kent before eventually settling at Cam in Gloucestershire in 1904. Like all three of his brothers, Charles Worthington was educated at Tonbridge School as a day boy, joining the school in 1890. He played in the rugby XV in 1894 and in the school cricket XI in 1895, tieing for the school athletics points cup during the year. He went up to Caius College, Cambridge later in the year, graduating in 1898. Cricket Considered a fine school cricketer―Lillywhite's Annual described him as "a very good bat, playing in a fine free style" who was "a good change bowler"―Worthington scored 316 runs, with a highest score of 91, and took 25 wickets in his final year at school. He played cricket whilst at university, playing in the Freshmen's match in 1896, scoring 66 runs. He did not make the university First XI until his final year, but did play a Second XI match for Kent County Cricket Club during 1896, taking four wickets and scoring 11 runs against Middlesex's Second XI at the Angel Ground at Tonbridge.