Carlton Hay

{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Carlton Hay | image = | country = New Zealand | fullname = William Patrick Carlton Hay | birth_date = {{birth date|1875|3|17|df=yes}} | birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand | death_date = {{death date and age|1945|4|15|1875|3|17|df=yes}} | death_place = Auckland, New Zealand | family = {{ubl|Stuart Hay (son)|Douglas Hay (brother)}} | batting = | bowling = | role = | club1 = Auckland | year1 = 1893/94 | date = 11 June | year = 2016 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37361.html ESPNcricinfo }}

'''William Patrick Carlton Hay''' (17 March 1875 – 15 April 1945) was a New Zealand sportsman and stockbroker. He played one first-class cricket match for Auckland during the 1893–94 season<ref name=ci>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37361.html Carlton Hay], CricInfo. Retrieved 11 June 2016.</ref><ref name=ca>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/22/22086/22086.html Carlton Hay], CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 June 2016. {{subscription}}</ref> and played rugby and association football for the province.

Hay was born at Auckland in 1875 and was educated at Auckland Grammar School, as was his younger brother Douglas.<ref name=mc>McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 65. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. {{isbn|978 1 905138 98 2}} ([https://archive.acscricket.com/cricketers_series/new_zealand_cricketers_1863-64_2010/index.html Available online] at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)</ref> After leaving school he worked at the Auckland Savings Bank before joining the firm of Hendry and Hay as a stockbroker. He was considered "well-known" at the Auckland stock exchange.<ref name=epobit>Mr Carlton Hay, ''Evening Post'', vol. CXXXIX, issue 91, 18 April 1945, p. 7. ([https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19450418.2.70.3 Available online] at Papers Past. Retrieved 23 August 2024.</ref><ref name=as16>Death of a sportsman, ''Auckland Star'', vol. LXXVI, issue 89, 16 April 1945, p. 6. ([https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19450416.2.82 Available online] at Papers Past. Retrieved 23 August 2024.</ref>

The eldest of three brothers, all of whom were sportsmen, Hay played cricket whilst at school. He was considered a "lively" batsman and an excellent fielder, described as "one of the finest cover point's Auckland has known".<ref name=as21>The passing of a sportsman, ''Auckland Star'', vol. LXXVI, issue 94, 21 April 1945, p. 15. ([https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19450421.2.115.32 Available online] at Papers Past. Retrieved 23 August 2024.</ref> He was a representative rugby and soccer player and later became a respected sports administrator, serving as treasurer of the Auckland Cricket Association, secretary of the trustees of Eden Park, and as president of the Auckland Grammar School Old Boys Association.<ref name=epobit/><ref name=as16/>

Hay's son, Stuart Hay, also played cricket and rugby for Auckland and was chairman of the Auckland Stock Exchange.<ref name=mc/>

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