Charles Toppin (Worcestershire cricketer)

Charles Graham "Tim" Toppin (17 April 1906 – 20 May 1972) was an English first-class cricketer who played in four matches for Worcestershire in the late 1920s.

Charles Toppin

Personal information
Full name	Charles Graham Toppin
Born	(1906-04-17)17 April 1906 Great Malvern, Worcestershire
Died	20 May 1972(1972-05-20) (aged 66) Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Nickname	Tim
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off-break
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1927–1928	Worcestershire
FC debut	23 July 1927 Worcestershire v Lancashire
Last FC	13 July 1928 Worcestershire v Lancashire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 4 Runs scored 17 Batting average 3.40 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 10 Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: Cricketarchive, 13 September 2007

Toppin was educated at Malvern College in Worcestershire. He was blinded in one eye by a blow from a cricket ball when he was 14.^[1]

A hard-hitting batsman, Toppin scored only 17 runs in his four games for Worcestershire, but had a long and successful club cricket career for Blackheath, The Arabs, Old Malvernians and other clubs.^[1][2] He appeared in a single-innings 12-a-side match for Blackheath against the touring Indians in 1932.^[3]

A number of his relatives played first-class cricket. His father, also Charles, played for Cambridge University in the 1880s; three uncles (Arthur Day, Sam Day and Sydney Day) played for Kent; his brother John Toppin appeared once for Worcestershire; and his brother-in-law Basil Brooke had two games for the Royal Navy.^[4]