William Carlton (cricketer)

William Carlton

Personal information
Born	(1876-05-22)22 May 1876 Melbourne, Australia
Died	23 December 1959(1959-12-23) (aged 83) Melbourne, Australia
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm
Relations	Tom Carlton (nephew)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1898/99–1913/14	Victoria
1899/00	Auckland
1909/10–1911/12	Canterbury
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 19 Runs scored 727 Batting average 23.45 100s/50s 0/6 Top score 88 not out Balls bowled 952 Wickets 27 Bowling average 26.70 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 3/17 Catches/stumpings 11/–
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

1. "William Carlton". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
2. "Notes by Long Slip". Otago Witness: 59. 17 November 1909.
3. "First-class Batting and Fielding in New Zealand for 1909/10". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
4. "Auckland v Canterbury 1909-10". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 April 2019.

External links

• William Carlton at ESPNcricinfo