Charles Vintcent

The South African side for its first Test, against England at Port Elizabeth. Vintcent is back row, second from right.

Charles Vintcent

Personal information
Batting style	Left-hand bat
Bowling style	Left-arm medium-fast
International information
National side	South African
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	First-class
Matches	3	6
Runs scored	26	119
Batting average	4.33	11.90
100s/50s	0/0	0/1
Top score	9	60*
Balls bowled	369	730
Wickets	4	10
Bowling average	48.25	36.39
5 wickets in innings	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	0
Best bowling	3/88	4/70
Catches/stumpings	1/-	2/-
Source: Cricinfo,

Charles Henry Vintcent (2 September 1866 in Mossel Bay, Cape Colony – 28 September 1943 in George, Cape Province) was a South African cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1889 to 1892.

Educated Charterhouse School 1880 - 1884 School Football XI 1882-84.

• School Cricket XI 1882-84.
• Winner Athletic Challenge Cup 1884.
• Captain Transvaal Association Football XI 1890.
• Transvaal Rugby Football XV 1890.
• 100 yards Champion Transvaal 1890.
• Partner of Prince, Vintcent & Co.

A popular man with both players and spectators alike due to his cheerful disposition on the field. Born in Mossel Bay and educated in Cape Town and then Charterhouse School, England, Charlie Vintcent, was without doubt the most versatile South African sportsman of his time. He excelled in many sport he played representing both Western Province and Transvaal at rugby, obtaining his national colours for soccer, a sport he did much to promote on the Reef and as an athlete he was the Transvaal sprint champion in the events from the 100 yards to 440 yards for three years from 1889 to 1891, besides being competitive at both the long and high jump events. Charlie was a left-handed all-rounder who played in both tests in the first home series against England as well as the only test of the 1891/92 series against the second English touring side. He owed his original selection to his fine performance for Kimberley in the fifth match of the tour falling 13 runs short of a century and taking nine wickets in the match for one hundred and five runs off eighty nine overs. He was unable to carry this form into the Internationals and his Test record is not a true reflection of his ability. Nevertheless he enjoyed a long career in provincial cricket which lasted some twenty seasons playing first an important role for Transvaal in the early Currie Cup fixtures, and then when he returned to the Southern Cape, he captained them in their only appearance at provincial level, by which stage he was close to forty years of age. Charlie Vintcent lived a long and active life passing away in 1943 at the age of seventy seven.

Family

He married Lilian Jackson and they had three children, among them Nevill Vintcent DFC.

His elder brother, Joseph, won the FA Cup with Old Carthusians in 1881.^[1]

References

1. ^ Warsop, Keith (2004). The Early FA Cup Finals and the Southern Amateurs. SoccerData. pp. 131–132. ISBN 1-899468-78-1. 

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Name	Vintcent, Charles
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Date of birth	2 September 1866
Place of birth
Date of death	28 September 1943
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