Charles Awdry

Major Charles Edwin Awdry TD, JP (29 April 1906 – 16 November 1965) was an English cricketer and British Army officer, as well as a Justice of the Peace. The son of Charles Selwyn Awdry and Constance Lilias, he was born in Paddington, London and educated at Winchester College.

Awdry's batting style is unknown, but it is known that he was a right-arm fast-medium bowler. In 1924, he made his debut for Wiltshire against Berkshire in the Minor Counties Championship. He played Minor counties cricket for Wiltshire from 1924 to 1939, making 93 appearances and taking nearly 300 wickets and scoring over 1,500 runs. He also played first-class cricket on two occasions. The first of these was for the West of England against the touring New Zealanders at the County Ground, Exeter in 1927. He took the wicket of Herb McGirr in this match, while in the West's only batting innings, he was dismissed for a duck by Bill Merritt. His second first-class appearance came for the Minor Counties against Oxford University in 1937. He was dismissed in the Minor Counties first-innings for 8 runs by David Macindoe, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by the same bowler for 8 runs. With the ball, he took the wickets of Eric Dixon and Alexander Singleton in the Oxford first-innings, while going wicket-less in their second. Prior to playing for the Minor Counties, he toured Egypt with Hubert Martineau's XI in 1932 and 1933.