Full name Douglas Ward Carr
Born March 17, 1872, Cranbrook, Kent
Died March 23, 1950, Salcombe Hill, Sidmouth, Devon (aged 78 years 6 days)
Major teams England, Kent
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak googly
Education Sutton Valence; Brasenose College, Oxford
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 58 | 68 | 18 | 447 | 48 | 8.94 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 1 | 2 | 414 | 282 | 7 | 5/146 | 7/282 | 40.28 | 4.08 | 59.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
First-class | 58 | 10718 | 5585 | 334 | 8/36 | 16.72 | 3.12 | 32.0 | 31 | 8 |
Only Test | England v Australia at The Oval, Aug 9-11, 1909 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
First-class span | 1909 - 1914 |
Douglas Carr's brief career was one of cricket's more remarkable stories. He played as a right-arm medium-pace bowler at Oxford - a football-related knee injury meant he didn't make any first-class appearances - and thereafter meandered his way through very average club cricket around Maidstone. In 1908 he decided to experiment with the fairly new googly, and the following May he made such an impact in club games that Kent offered him a trial - he was by then 37. He took 5 for 65 against his old University on debut, and followed with eight wickets for Players against Gentlemen. His success brought him an England call-up, and in the final Test at The Oval against Australia he took 7 for 282. He took 60 wickets the following season as Kent won the title, and his career ended with the outbreak of the war in 1914.
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1910