Herbert Sharp

Herbert Sharp
Personal information
Full name	Herbert Hastings Sharp
Born	23 July 1881; Blackheath, Kent, England
Died	1 September 1918 (aged 37); Bancourt, Pas-de-Calais, France
Batting	Unknown
Domestic team information
1904/05	Hawke's Bay
Career statistics
Matches	1
Runs scored	14
Batting average	7.00
100s/50s	–/–
Top score	13
Catches/stumpings	1/–
	Source: Cricinfo, 31 March 2021

Herbert Hastings Sharp (23 July 1881 – 1 September 1918) was an English-born New Zealand first-class cricketer and New Zealand Army soldier.

The son of Hastings Sharp, he was born in July 1881 at Blackheath, Kent.^[1] He was educated at St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate.^[2] Sharp immigrated to New Zealand around 1901, where he gained employment with a Mr. Carlyon.^[1] He was a cricket enthusiast, playing club cricket in Poverty Bay.^[1] Sharp appeared once in first-class cricket, playing for Hawke's Bay against Auckland at Auckland Domain in 1905.^[3] In a heavy defeat for Hawke's Bay, he made scores of 13 and 1, being dismissed by Jocelyn Kallender and William Stemson respectively.^[4]

Sharp served in the First World War, seeing action on the Western Front in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force as a corporal with the 26th Reinforcements.^[1] He was killed in action on 1 September 1918 near Bancourt during the Second Battle of Bapaume. He is buried at the Bancourt British Cemetery.^[5]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Roll of Honor. Poverty Bay Herald. 18 September 1918. p. 3
^ Register of St. Lawrence College Ramsgate. Old Lawrentian Club. 1912. p. 59.
^ "First-Class Matches played by Herbert Sharp". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
^ "Auckland v Hawk's Bay, 1904/05". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
^ "Corporal Herbert Hastings Sharp". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 31 March 2021.