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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 Australiancricketer. He playedfirst-class cricket forVictoria,Auckland andCanterbury between 1898 and 1914.[1]
In 1909, the AustralianTest playerHugh 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 abaseball andfootball 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 88not out, the highest score of the match, for Canterbury againstAuckland in thePlunket Shield.[4]
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