| Ormy Pearse | |
| Fullname: | Charles Ormerod Cato Pearse |
| Birth Date: | 10 October 1884 |
| Birth Place: | Pietermaritzburg, Colony of Natal |
| Death Place: | Durban, Natal, South Africa |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
| Club1: | Natal |
| Year1: | 1905-06 to 1923-24 |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | Tests |
| Matches1: | 3 |
| Runs1: | 55 |
| Bat Avg1: | 9.16 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 31 |
| Deliveries1: | 144 |
| Wickets1: | 3 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 35.33 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 3/56 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
| Column2: | First-class |
| Matches2: | 24 |
| Runs2: | 973 |
| Bat Avg2: | 23.73 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/5 |
| Top Score2: | 74 |
| Deliveries2: | 472 |
| Wickets2: | 11 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 31.18 |
| Fivefor2: | 0 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 3/56 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 16/– |
| International: | true |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Testdebutdate: | 9 December |
| Testdebutyear: | 1910 |
| Lasttestdate: | 3 March |
| Lasttestyear: | 1911 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/332/332.html CricketArchive |
| Date: | 28 September |
| Year: | 2021 |
Charles Ormerod Cato "Ormy" Pearse (10 October 1884 – 28 May 1953) was a South African cricketer who played in three Tests from 1910 to 1911. His brother was the first-class cricketer Vyvyan Pearse.[1]
Pearse was born into a military family in Pietermaritzburg and attended Maritzburg College there.[2] After leaving school he took up banking.[3] He married Dorothy Vera Shepstone in Pietermaritzburg in January 1918.[4] He died of coronary thrombosis at home in Durban on 28 May 1953, aged 68.[4]