Full name Donald Bryce Carr
Born December 28, 1926, Wiesbaden, Germany
Died June 11, 2016 (aged 89 years 166 days)
Major teams England, Derbyshire, Oxford University
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Other Referee
Education Repton School
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 2 | 4 | 0 | 135 | 76 | 33.75 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 446 | 745 | 72 | 19257 | 170 | 28.61 | 24 | 100 | 500 | 0 | |
List A | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 2 | 2 | 210 | 140 | 2 | 2/84 | 2/84 | 70.00 | 4.00 | 105.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 446 | 20313 | 11396 | 328 | 7/53 | 34.74 | 3.36 | 61.9 | 5 | 0 | |||
List A | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Test debut | India v England at Delhi, Nov 2-7, 1951 scorecard |
Last Test | India v England at Chennai, Feb 6-10, 1952 scorecard |
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First-class span | 1945 - 1968 |
List A span | 1963 - 1963 |
Test debut | Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Sialkot, Dec 12-17, 1991 scorecard |
Last Test | South Africa v Australia at Durban, Mar 25-29, 1994 scorecard |
Test matches | 9 |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Sargodha, Jan 10, 1992 scorecard |
Last ODI | South Africa v Australia at Bloemfontein, Apr 8, 1994 scorecard |
ODI matches | 19 |
ODI statistics |
Donald Carr was a schoolboy wonder, making his first-class debut in the Victory match against the Australian Services at Lord's in 1945. He was a talented allrounder - a no-nonsense batsman, slow left-arm bowler, and outstanding close fielder - and led Derbyshire with intelligence and good humour between 1955 and 1962. Despite this, he played only twice for England, both games on the tour of India in 1951-52. In the Madras Test he captained England (in the absence of Nigel Howard) to their first defeat in India.
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1960