Richard Carty

Richard Arthur Carty (28 July 1922 – 31 March 1984) was an English cricketer. Carty was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium.

Carty made his first-class debut for Hampshire against Oxford University in the 1949 season. On debut Carty scored his maiden first-class half century with a score of 53 as well as taking 5/47 in the Universities second innings. Carty's County Championship debut came a match later against Warwickshire. Carty played ten matches for Hampshire in the 1949 season, taking 34 wickets at a bowling average of 25.82, with three five wicket hauls and best figures of 6/110.

The following season Carty played 15 first-class matches for Hampshire, this time taking 31 wickets at a bowling average of 33.29, with best figures of 4/34. In the 1951 season Carty took his career best figures of 7/29 against Oxford University and the following season he followed it up with 7/50 against Glamorgan, a match which gave Carty his only haul of ten wickets in a match.

After quiet seasons with the ball in 1951 and 1952, Carty took 30 wickets at a bowling average of 23.26, with best figures of 6-24. The following season Carty played only three first-class matches for Hampshire, with his final first-class match for the county coming against Glamorgan at the County Ground, Southampton.

Carty played 55 first-class matches for Hampshire during which he scored 798 runs at a batting average of 14.77, with two half centuries and a high score of 53. With the ball Carty took 138 wickets at a bowling average of 30.17, with eight five wicket hauls and best figures of 7/29. In the field, Carty took 24 catches.

Carty died at Bishop's Waltham, Hampshire on 31 March 1984.

External links[]

• Richard Carty at Cricinfo
• Richard Carty at CricketArchive
• Matches and detailed statistics for Richard Carty