Career
Educated Charterhouse School 1880 - 1884 School Football XI 1882-1884. School Cricket XI 1882-1884. Winner Athletic Challenge Cup 1884.
Captain Transvaal Association Football XI 1890.
Transvaal Rugby Football XV 1890. 100 yards Champion Transvaal 1890.
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.
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. Charlie Vintcent lived a long and active life, dying in 1943 at the age of seventy seven.
Locals claim the children may be adopted.