Charles William Jeffrey Athey (born 27 September 1957)[1] is a retired English first-class cricketer, who played for England, and first-class cricket for Gloucestershire, Yorkshire[2] and Sussex; he also played a solitary one-day game for Worcestershire.

In 1993, he moved to Sussex, and passed the increasingly rare landmark of 25,000 first-class runs when he made an unbeaten century against Somerset in 1997.

He was a middle order batsman by inclination, but found greatest success at Test level as an opener.

Selected for the 1986/87 tour of Australia as middle order cover, he ended up opening in all five Tests with Chris Broad.

Although never thought of as a one-day player, Athey hit two centuries in One Day Internationals, and top-scored for England before being run out in their Cricket World Cup final defeat against Australia at Calcutta in 1987.

Athey now works at Dulwich College school in South London, as the First XI Cricket Coach.