{{short description|English cricketer}} {{for|the British businessman in Hong Kong|Charles Stewart Sharp}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Use British English|date=June 2013}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Charles Sharp | country = England | fullname = Charles Sharp | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1848|9|6|df=yes}} | birth_place = Horsham, Sussex, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|1903|9|23|1848|9|6|df=yes}} | death_place = England | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Left-handed | bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox | role = | family = | club1 = Sussex | year1 = 1873–1884 | clubnumber1 = | 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32691/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Charles Sharp|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=30 June 2012}}</ref> 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.<ref name="FCBAT">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32691/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Charles Sharp|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=30 June 2012}}</ref> This score was his only half century and came against Gloucestershire in 1873.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1/1814.html|title=Sussex v Gloucestershire, 1873|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=30 June 2012}}</ref> With the ball, he took 14 wickets at a bowling average of 15.28, with best figures of 6/34.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32691/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Charles Sharp|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=30 June 2012}}</ref> These figures were his only five-wicket haul and came against Kent in 1879.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/2/2296.html|title=Sussex v Kent, 1879|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=30 June 2012}}</ref>
Sharp was club captain of Sussex in the 1879 season. He died on 23 September 1903.
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==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/20688.html Charles Sharp] at ESPNcricinfo *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32691/32691.html Charles Sharp] at CricketArchive
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