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Charles Sharp

1848 – 1903

English cricketer

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Lived 1848 – 1903 (aged 55). Charles Sharp was a British cricketer.

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.

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Who was Charles Sharp?

English cricketer (1848-1903)

When was Charles Sharp born?

Charles Sharp was born on 6 September 1848 in Horsham.

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Charles Sharp died on 23 September 1903 in England.

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Charles Sharp was a cricketer.

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Charles Sharp was British.

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· Wikidata: Q5082461

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