William Carlton (cricketer)
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Born | Melbourne, Australia | 22 May 1876||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 23 December 1959 Melbourne, Australia | (aged 83)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Tom Carlton (nephew) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1898/99–1913/14 | Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1899/00 | Auckland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1909/10–1911/12 | Canterbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 28 January 2020 |
William Carlton (22 May 1876 – 23 December 1959) was an Australian cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Victoria, Auckland and Canterbury between 1898 and 1914.[1]
In 1909 the Australian Test player Hugh Trumble, having been asked by the Canterbury Cricket Association to find a coach, chose Carlton. As well as being an accomplished cricketer, Carlton was also a baseball and football player and a sprinter.[2] He remained with Canterbury for three seasons before returning to Melbourne. He was one of the leading batsmen in New Zealand in 1909-10, with 238 runs in four matches at an average of 39.66[3] and a highest score of 88 not out, the highest score of the match, for Canterbury against Auckland in the Plunket Shield.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "William Carlton". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "Notes by Long Slip". Otago Witness: 59. 17 November 1909.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding in New Zealand for 1909/10". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
- ^ "Auckland v Canterbury 1909-10". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 April 2019.