Charles Mercer (28 April 1896 — 20 November 1965) was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman who played for Essex in 1929. He was born in Hackney and died in Basildon.

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Mercer's debut came against Leicestershire, where in his first innings, he hit his career-best score of merely 8 runs. His second and final first-class appearance came less than a week later, in a heavy Essex defeat in which he underperformed with the bat, and was dropped from the team.

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