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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Charles Young<br />
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| country = England<br />
| fullname = Charles Robertson Young<br />
| nickname = <br />
| birth_date = 2 February 1852<br />
| birth_place = [[Dharwar]], [[Kingdom of Mysore]], [[British Raj]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1913|4|12|1852|2|2|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Bolton]], [[Lancashire]], England <br />
| heightft = <br />
| heightinch = <br />
| batting = Left-handed<br />
| bowling = Left-arm [[Seam bowling|medium]]<br />
| club1 = [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]]<br />
| year1 = 1867&ndash;1885<br />
| clubnumber1 = <br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 38<br />
| runs1 = 717<br />
| bat avg1 = 11.95<br />
| 100s/50s1 = &ndash;/&ndash;<br />
| top score1 = 48<br />
| deliveries1 = 7,381<br />
| wickets1 = 149<br />
| bowl avg1 = 21.86<br />
| fivefor1 = 8<br />
| tenfor1 = 3<br />
| best bowling1 = 7/19<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 35/&ndash;<br />
| date = 10 December<br />
| year = 2009<br />
| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/23530.html Cricinfo<br />
}}<br />
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'''Charles Robertson Young''' (2 February 1852 &ndash; 12 April 1913) was an English [[first-class cricket]]er. Young was a left-handed [[batsman (cricket)|batsman]] who bowled left-arm [[Seam bowling|medium]] pace. He was born in [[Dharwar]] in the [[Kingdom of Mysore]], then in the [[British Raj]].<br />
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Young made his [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]] debut in 1867, aged just 15 years and 131 days. He was the youngest person to appear in English first-class cricket, a record which stood for 144 years until 27 May 2011, when [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]]'s [[Barney Gibson]] debuted aged 15 years and 27 days.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2011/content/current/story/512855.html|title=Fifteen-year-old sets English record|date=27 April 2011|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=28 April 2011}}</ref><br />
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His first match for the county was against [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]] where he made 20[[not out|*]] batting at number 9 and taking his maiden wicket, that of Kent opening batsman [[George Bennett (cricketer, born 1829)|George Bennett]]. Young represented Hampshire for 18 years in which time he played 38 matches for the club. His final match against Kent, the team he made his debut against 18 years previously, came in Hampshire's final match as a [[List of current first-class cricket teams#England and Wales|first-class county]] until the [[1895 County Championship]]. His career with the club yielded him 149 wickets at an average of 21.86, taking [[ten wickets in a match]] three times.<br />
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He died at [[Bolton]], [[Lancashire]] on 12 April 1913.<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/23530.html Charles Young] at [[Cricinfo]]<br />
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6943/6943.html Charles Young] at CricketArchive<br />
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