Peter Carlstein

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Peter Carlstein
Peter Carlstein 1963.jpg
Peter Carlstein in 1963
Personal information
Full namePeter Rudolph Carlstein
Born (1938-10-28) 28 October 1938 (age 83)
Klerksdorp, South Africa
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeg spin
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
Test debut28 February 1958 v Australia
Last Test24 January 1964 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1954–1958Orange Free State
1958–1972Transvaal
1964–1967Natal
1967–1980Rhodesia
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA
Matches 8 148 14
Runs scored 190 7,554 369
Batting average 14.61 31.60 36.90
100s/50s 0 9/46 1/0
Top score 42 229 167*
Balls bowled – 788 –
Wickets – 9 –
Bowling average – 53.33 –
5 wickets in innings – 0 –
10 wickets in match – 0 –
Best bowling – 3/37 –
Catches/stumpings 3/– 82/– 0/–
Source: Cricket Archive, 23 December 2010

Peter Rudolph Carlstein (born 28 October 1938 in Klerksdorp, Transvaal) is a former South African cricketer who played as a middle-order batsman in eight Tests from 1958 to 1964.

Career[]

Carlstein made his first-class debut at the age of 16 for Orange Free State against Natal at Bloemfontein in 1954-55; in the second innings he scored 54 and added 161 for the seventh wicket with his captain, Stephen Hanson.[1] Three years later, still in his teens, he made his Test debut in the Fifth Test against Australia in 1957-58, scoring 32 in the first innings batting at number eight.[2]

He toured England in 1960, scoring 980 runs in 23 first-class matches at an average of 29.69, with a top score of 151 against Hampshire.[3] He played all five Tests, but scored only 119 runs, making his top Test score of 42 in the Fifth Test at The Oval.[4]

He played in the First and Fourth Tests in Australia in 1963-64, making 37 in the Fourth Test in Adelaide, which South Africa won.[5] While the team was in New Zealand in late February 1964, he received the news that his wife and three of his four children had died in a motor accident, and returned to South Africa immediately.[6]

Carlstein continued to play first-class cricket until 1979-80, when he was 41, 25 seasons after his first match. His highest score was 229 for Transvaal against the International Cavaliers in 1962-63, which was also his most successful season, with 852 runs at 71.00 including two other centuries. He was Rhodesian Player of the Year 1967-68.

After his first-class career ended in the early 1980s he moved to Perth in Western Australia, where he played and then coached at the Midland-Guildford club.

According to Wally Grout, Carlstein was "a descendant of a European royal family".[7] This was a misunderstanding, the result of a joke played on Carlstein by his teammates.

References[]

  1. ^ "Orange Free State v Natal 1954-55". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  2. ^ "South Africa v Australia, Port Elizabeth 1957-58". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  3. ^ Wisden 1961, pp. 269, 285.
  4. ^ Wisden 1961, pp. 302-3.
  5. ^ Wisden 1965, pp. 836-37.
  6. ^ Trevor Goddard, Caught in the Deep, Vision Media, East London, 1988, p. 18.
  7. ^ Wally Grout, My Country's Keeper, Pelham, London, 1965, p. 110.

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