# Charles Davy

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**Charles Vinicombe Butler Davy** (24 October 1869 – 10 September 1931) was an Indian-born English amateur [cricketer](/source/Cricket). He was a left-handed batsman and a [slow left-arm orthodox](/source/Slow_left-arm_orthodox) bowler. Davy was born in [Mercara](/source/Mercara) in [British India](/source/British_India) in 1869 and died in [Vancouver](/source/Vancouver) in Canada in 1931 aged 61.[1][2]

Davy was educated at [Cheltenham College](/source/Cheltenham_College) and played in the school First XI in 1888 as well as for a Public Schools team. He made two appearances for the Gentlemen of Kent in 1892 before and after his only [first-class cricket](/source/First-class_cricket) match against [Middlesex](/source/Middlesex_County_Cricket_Club) in the [1892 County Championship](/source/1892_County_Championship) at [Rectory Field](/source/Rectory_Field), [Blackheath](/source/Blackheath,_London).[3] He scored a total of 35 first-class runs and took one wicket.[3] Davy played in one further known cricket match, for Bangkok against Singapore in 1909.[3]

## References

1. [Charles Davy](http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/12088.html), [CricInfo](/source/CricInfo). Retrieved 20 April 2017.

1. Carlaw, p. 136. (Retrieved 21 December 2020.)

1. [Charles Davy](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28988/28988.html), CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 May 2017. (subscription required)

## Bibliography

- Carlaw, Derek (2020). [*Kent County Cricketers, A to Z: Part One (1806–1914)*](https://archive.acscricket.com/books/Kent_Cricketers_A_to_Z_Part_One_Revised_Expanded.pdf). Cardiff: [ACS](/source/Association_of_Cricket_Statisticians_and_Historians)

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