Charles McCarthy (cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Charles McCarthy (cricketer)

English cricketer

Date of Birth: 29-Jun-1899

Place of Birth: Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

Date of Death: 24-Jul-1977

Profession: engineer, cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Charles McCarthy (cricketer)

  • Charles Henry Florence D'Arcy McCarthy (29 June 1899 – 24 July 1977) was an English cricketer, born in Coimbatore which was then in the British Raj.
  • McCarthy was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break. McCarthy attended Rugby School and played for the school cricket team from 1915 to 1917.
  • He attended the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich in 1918 and later joined the Royal Engineers in 1919.
  • McCarthy made his first-class debut for the Army against Cambridge University in 1921.
  • Six years later he played for Rangoon Gymkhana in their only first-class match, which came against the Marylebone Cricket Club.
  • In this match he took a single wicket, that of John Parsons in the MCC first-innings.
  • With the bat he scored 5 runs in the Gymkhana's first-innings, before being dismissed by Jack Mercer, while in their second-innings he scored 11 runs before being dismissed by Maurice Tate.
  • Two days after the conclusion of that match, McCarthy made his final first-class appearance for Burma against the MCC.
  • He scored top scored in their first-innings with 48.
  • In their second-innings he scored 9 runs before being dismissed by Maurice Tate.
  • His first-innings score is the highest score by a batsman for Burma in first-class cricket, although this feat was not difficult to achieve as this was Burma's only match with first-class status.Returning to England, McCarthy made two Minor Counties Championship appearances for Devon in 1929, later making four appearances for the county in 1931.
  • He later served in the Second World War and was mentioned in the London Gazette on 9 September 1942 as holding the temporary rank of colonel in the Royal Engineers.
  • He was based in Bath, Somerset, at this time.He died in Lyford Cay, New Providence in the Bahamas on 24 July 1977.

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