Herbert Hastings Sharp (23 July 1881 – 1 September 1918) was an English-born New Zealand first-class cricketer and New Zealand Army soldier.
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||
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| 1904/05 | Hawke's Bay | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 31 March 2021 | |||||||||||||||
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.
