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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = Burma
| international = true
| fullname = Charles Henry Florence D'Arcy McCarthy
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1899|6|29|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Coimbatore]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British Raj]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1977|7|24|1899|6|29|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Lyford Cay]], [[New Providence Island|New Providence]], [[Bahamas]]
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = [[Leg break]]
| role =
| family =
| club1 = [[Devon County Cricket Club|Devon]]
| year1 = 1929–1931
| clubnumber1 =
| club2 = [[Rangoon Gymkhana cricket team|Rangoon Gymkhana]]
| year2 = 1926/27
| clubnumber2 =
| club3 = [[British Army cricket team|Army]]
| year3 = 1921
| clubnumber3 =
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 3
| runs1 = 75
| bat avg1 = 15.00
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 48
| deliveries1 = 30
| wickets1 = 1
| bowl avg1 = 33.00
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 1/33
| catches/stumpings1 = –/–
| date = 20 March
| year = 2011
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/17201.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Charles Henry Florence D'Arcy McCarthy''' (29 June 1899 – 24 July 1977) was an English [[cricket]]er, born in [[Coimbatore]] which was then in the [[British Raj]]. McCarthy was a right-handed [[Batting (cricket)|batsman]] who bowled [[leg break]].

McCarthy attended [[Rugby School]] and played for the school cricket team from 1915 to 1917.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14059/all_teams.html|title=Teams Charles McCarthy played for|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 March 2011}}</ref> He attended the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]] in 1918 and later joined the [[Royal Engineers]] in 1919. McCarthy made his [[first-class cricket|first-class]] debut for the [[British Army cricket team|Army]] against [[Cambridge University Cricket Club|Cambridge University]] in 1921.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/10/10104.html|title=Cambridge University v Army, 1921|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 March 2011}}</ref> Six years later he played for [[Rangoon Gymkhana cricket team|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 (cricketer)|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 (cricketer)|Jack Mercer]], while in their second-innings he scored 11 runs before being dismissed by [[Maurice Tate]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12170.html|title=Rangoon Gymkhana v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1927|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 March 2011}}</ref> Two days after the conclusion of that match, McCarthy made his final first-class appearance for [[Burma national cricket team|Burma]] against the MCC.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14059/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Charles McCarthy|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 March 2011}}</ref> He scored top scored in their first-innings with 48. In their second-innings he scored 9 runs before being dismissed by Maurice Tate.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12171.html|title=Burma v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1927|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 March 2011}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/0/557/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Burma|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 March 2011|archive-date=24 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024075537/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/0/557/First-Class_Matches.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Returning to [[England]], McCarthy made two [[Minor Counties Championship]] appearances for [[Devon County Cricket Club|Devon]] in 1929, later making four appearances for the county in 1931.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14059/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Charles McCarthy|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 March 2011}}</ref> 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 (United Kingdom)|colonel]] in the Royal Engineers. He was based in [[Bath, Somerset]], at this time.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=35697 |date=9 September 1942 |page=3946 }}</ref>

He died in [[Lyford Cay]], [[New Providence Island|New Providence]] in the [[Bahamas]] on 24 July 1977.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/17201.html Charles McCarthy] at [[ESPNcricinfo]]
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14059/14059.html Charles McCarthy] at CricketArchive

{{DEFAULTSORT:McCarthy, Charles}}
[[Category:1899 births]]
[[Category:1977 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Coimbatore]]
[[Category:People educated at Rugby School]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:British Army cricketers]]
[[Category:Rangoon Gymkhana cricketers]]
[[Category:Burmese cricket people]]
[[Category:Devon cricketers]]
[[Category:Royal Engineers officers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]]
[[Category:Military personnel of British India]]
[[Category:British people in colonial India]]

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