Full name Charles Sharp Name Charles Sharp | Batting style Left-handed | |
Died 23 September 1903(1903-09-23) (aged 55)England | ||
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox | ||
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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. 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. This score was his only half century and came against Gloucestershire in 1873. With the ball, he took 14 wickets at a bowling average of 15.28, with best figures of 6/34. These figures were his only five wicket haul and came against Kent in 1879.
Sharp was club captain of Sussex in the 1879 season. He died on 23 September 1903.