Edmund Carter (cricketer, born 1845)
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| Born |
3 February 1845 Malton, Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 23 May 1923 (aged 78) Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England |
| Source: Cricinfo, 3 May 2015 | |
Edmund Sardinson Carter (3 February 1845 – 23 May 1923) was an English first-class cricketer, who played for Oxford University, Victoria and Yorkshire.
Born in Malton, Yorkshire, the son of the rector of Slingsby, Yorkshire, he was educated at Durham School, for whom he played from 1861 to 1864, captaining the team for his last two years. He attended Worcester College, Oxford, playing for the University eleven from 1865 to 1868 and gaining his blue in 1866 and 1867. He also rowed in the University eight, gaining blues in 1867 and 1868. He travelled to Australia in an effort to recover from pleurisy, and played one first-class game for Victoria while there. Carter made his highest score of 63 in this game, on debut, against New South Wales. Between 1876 and 1881, he played in fourteen matches for Yorkshire. His final first-class outing was for I Zingari in 1882. He followed his father into the church, becoming a curate and rector and a composer of hymns and church music.
A right-handed batsman, he scored 503 runs at 13.59 and, bowling underarm and right arm fast roundarm, he took 39 wickets with a best of 4 for 58 against the MCC. Carter also took 17 catches.
As a boy he played for the Langton Wold Cricket Club, later known as the Vale of Derwent Cricket Club and, in 1864, joined the Yorkshire Gentlemen. He was appointed curate of Christ Church, Ealing and helped to form the Ealing Cricket Club with Tom Hearne. He took 9–0 for Ealing against Willesden Cricket Club in 1874.
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