Charles McCarthy (cricketer)

Charles McCarthy

Personal information
Full name	Charles Henry Florence D'Arcy McCarthy
Born	(1899-06-29)29 June 1899 Coimbatore, Madras Presidency, British Raj
Died	24 July 1977(1977-07-24) (aged 78) Lyford Cay, New Providence, Bahamas
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Leg break
International information
National side	Burma
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1929–1931	Devon
1926/27	Rangoon Gymkhana
1921	Army
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 3 Runs scored 75 Batting average 15.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 48 Balls bowled 30 Wickets 1 Bowling average 33.00 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 1/33 Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 20 March 2011

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.

External links

• Charles McCarthy at ESPNcricinfo
• Charles McCarthy at CricketArchive