Charles Wilson Carpenter (c. 1837 ? 5 March 1876) was an English cricketer . Carpenter was a right-handed batsman , though his bowling style is unknown. He was born at Brighton , Sussex , and was educated at Brighton College .

Carpenter made his first-class debut for the Gentlemen of Kent and Sussex against the Gentlemen of England at the St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury , in 1857. ^[1] He scored 15 runs in the Gentlemen of Kent and Sussex's first-innings of 143, before being dismissed by Harvey Fellows . In the Gentlemen of England's first-innings, he took the wickets of Spencer Ponsonby , William Nicholson and Charles Morse , finishing with figures of 3/32 to help bowl them out for just 67. The Gentlemen of Kent and Sussex made 85 in their second-innings, with Carpenter scoring 5 runs before he was dismissed by John Parker . He went wicketless in the Gentlemen of England's second-innings, with Gentlemen of Kent and Sussex winning by 42 runs. ^[2] Over ten years later he made two first-class appearances in 1868 Sussex against Surrey and Middlesex . ^[1] He struggled in these two matches, scoring 27 runs at an average of 6.75, with a high score of 11. ^[3]

He died at Nagpur in the British Raj on 5 March 1876.

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• Charles Carpenter at ESPNcricinfo
• Charles Carpenter at CricketArchive