Charles Sharp | |
Country: | England |
Fullname: | Charles Sharp |
Birth Date: | 6 September 1848 |
Birth Place: | Horsham, Sussex, England |
Death Place: | England |
Batting: | Left-handed |
Bowling: | Slow left-arm orthodox |
Club1: | Sussex |
Year1: | 1873–1884 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 17 |
Runs1: | 345 |
Bat Avg1: | 11.12 |
100S/50S1: | - /1 |
Top Score1: | 54 |
Deliveries1: | 743 |
Wickets1: | 14 |
Bowl Avg1: | 15.28 |
Fivefor1: | 1 |
Tenfor1: | - |
Best Bowling1: | 6/34 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 10/ - |
Date: | 30 June |
Year: | 2012 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/20688.html Cricinfo |
Charles Sharp (6 February 1848 - 23 September 1903) was an English cricketer. Sharp was a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Horsham, Sussex.
Davey made his first-class debut for Sussex against Surrey at The Oval in 1873. He made sixteen further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Yorkshire at the Fartown Ground, Huddersfield, in 1884.[1] In his seventeen first-class matches for the county, he scored 345 runs at an average of 11.12, with a high score of 54.[2] This score was his only half century and came against Gloucestershire in 1873.[3] With the ball, he took 14 wickets at a bowling average of 15.28, with best figures of 6/34.[4] These figures were his only five-wicket haul and came against Kent in 1879.[5]
Sharp was club captain of Sussex in the 1879 season. He died on 23 September 1903.