{{Short description|South African cricketer (1881–1952)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Claude Carter | image = CP Carter of South Africa in 1912.png | caption = Carter in 1912 | fullname = Claude Pagdett Carter | birth_date = {{Birth date|1881|4|23|df=yes}} | birth_place = Durban, Colony of Natal | death_date = {{Death date and age|1952|11|8|1881|4|23|df=yes }} | death_place = Durban, South Africa | heightft = 5 | heightinch = 6 | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox | club1 = Natal | year1 = 1897–98 to 1907–08,<br />1912–13 to 1923–24 | club2 = Transvaal | year2 = 1910–11 | columns = 2 | column1 = Tests | matches1 = 10 | runs1 = 181 | bat avg1 = 18.10 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 45 | deliveries1 = 1475 | wickets1 = 28 | bowl avg1 = 24.78 | fivefor1 = 2 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 6/50 | catches/stumpings1= 2/- | column2 = First-class | matches2 = 107 | runs2 = 1333 | bat avg2 = 11.69 | 100s/50s2 = 0/3 | top score2 = 80* | deliveries2 = 15735 | wickets2 = 366 | bowl avg2 = 18.56 | fivefor2 = 23 | tenfor2 = 2 | best bowling2 = 7/37 | catches/stumpings2= 64/- | international = true | country = South Africa | testdebutfor = | testdebutagainst = | testdebutdate = 10 June | testdebutyear = 1912 | lasttestdate = 16 August | lasttestfor = | lasttestagainst = | lasttestyear = 1924 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/352/352.html CricketArchive | date = 4 February 2017 }} '''Claude Pagdett Carter''', sometimes known as '''Claude Paget Carter''' (23 April 1881 in Durban, Colony of Natal – 8 November 1952 in Durban, Natal) was a South African cricketer who played in 10 Tests from 1912 to 1924.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/44426.html| title = Claude Carter| publisher = Cricinfo| access-date = 4 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149754.html |title=Greenidge's final frenzy |work=ESPN Cricinfo |date=12 April 2008 |access-date=25 April 2018}}</ref>
Shortly after leaving the Durban Boys' Model School at the age of 16, Carter began playing first-class cricket for Natal, and eventually played for them from 1898 to 1923, except for a season with Transvaal in 1910–11.<ref>Obituary, ''The Cricketer'', Spring Annual, 1953, p. 88.</ref> He toured England with the South African teams of 1912 and 1924.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/352/First-Class_Matches.html| title = First-class matches played by Claude Carter| publisher = CricketArchive| access-date = 4 February 2017}}</ref> He was South Africa's leading bowler in the series against Australia in South Africa in 1921–22, when he took 15 wickets at an average of 21.93.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/2/Australia_in_South_Africa_1921-22/t_South_Africa_Bowling.html| title = Test bowling for South Africa 1921–22| publisher = CricketArchive| access-date = 4 February 2017}}</ref>
He played a season of club cricket in Yorkshire in 1905,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Setay |first1=Frederick |title=A Chat with Mr. C. P. Carter |journal=Cricket |date=30 March 1912 |pages=44–45 |url=https://archive.acscricket.com/cricket/1912/52/index.html}}</ref> and later played Lancashire League cricket for Lowerhouse in 1925 and 1926, and represented Cornwall in the Minor Counties Championship in 1930 and 1935.
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==External links== *{{cricketarchive|id=352}} *{{cricinfo|id=44426}} *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/155515.html Obituary] in ''Wisden''
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