About: Charles Sharp

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.