Ray Carter (cricketer)
Raymond George Carter (14 April 1933 – 13 November 2012) was an English
Carter was a tail-end right-handed batsman and a right-arm bowler who began as a fast-medium opening bowler but who later developed a second style, bowling off-breaks. As a multi-purpose bowler, he had two good seasons with the Warwickshire first eleven in 1957 and 1958.[1]
Carter first appeared in first-class cricket in non-
From 1959, however, Carter was beset by both injury and loss of form: his wickets were few in number and expensive in both the 1959 and 1961 seasons, and he was injured for much of the 1960 season with a chronic back condition.[3] In the less than exacting context of a game against Cambridge University in 1961, he batted at No 11 and scored 37 in a last-wicket partnership with Gordon Marshall, and this was his highest first-class score.[7] But it was the penultimate match of his first-class career and he left the Warwickshire staff at the end of the season.
References
- ^ a b c d e "Ray Carter". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ "Scorecard: Warwickshire v Scotland". www.cricketarchive.com. 19 May 1951. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ^ a b "Obituary in 2013". Wisden. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ^ "Scorecard: Warwickshire v Nottinghamshire". www.cricketarchive.com. 15 May 1957. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ^ "Scorecard: Gloucestershire v Warwickshire". www.cricketarchive.com. 1 June 1957. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ^ "Scorecard: Warwickshire v Somerset". www.cricketarchive.com. 23 August 1958. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ^ "Scorecard: Warwickshire v Cambridge University". www.cricketarchive.com. 14 June 1961. Retrieved 5 August 2015.