# Claude Carter

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{{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](/source/Durban), [Colony of Natal](/source/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](/source/KwaZulu_Natal_cricket_team)
| year1             = 1897–98 to 1907–08,<br />1912–13 to 1923–24 
| club2             = [Transvaal](/source/Gauteng_cricket_team)
| year2             = 1910–11
| columns           = 2
| column1           = [Tests](/source/Test_cricket)
| 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](/source/First-class_cricket)
| 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](/source/Durban), [Colony of Natal](/source/Colony_of_Natal) – 8 November 1952 in [Durban](/source/Durban), [Natal](/source/KwaZulu-Natal_Province)) was a South African [cricket](/source/cricket)er who played in 10 [Tests](/source/Test_cricket) 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](/source/first-class_cricket) for [Natal](/source/KwaZulu_Natal_cricket_team), and eventually played for them from 1898 to 1923, except for a season with [Transvaal](/source/Gauteng_cricket_team) in 1910–11.<ref>Obituary, ''[The Cricketer](/source/The_Cricketer)'', Spring Annual, 1953, p. 88.</ref> He toured England with the South African teams of [1912](/source/South_African_cricket_team_in_England_in_1912) and [1924](/source/South_African_cricket_team_in_England_in_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](/source/Australian_cricket_team_in_South_Africa_in_1921%E2%80%9322), 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](/source/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](/source/Lancashire_League_(cricket)) cricket for [Lowerhouse](/source/Lowerhouse_Cricket_Club) in 1925 and 1926, and represented [Cornwall](/source/Cornwall_County_Cricket_Club) in the [Minor Counties Championship](/source/Minor_Counties_Cricket_Championship) in 1930 and 1935.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricketarchive|id=352}}
*{{cricinfo|id=44426}}
*[http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/155515.html Obituary] in ''[Wisden](/source/Wisden_Cricketers'_Almanack)''

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Category:1881 births
Category:1952 deaths
Category:South Africa Test cricketers
Category:South African cricketers
Category:KwaZulu-Natal cricketers
Category:Gauteng cricketers
Category:Cornwall cricketers
Category:South African expatriate cricketers in England
Category:White South African people
Category:Cricketers from Durban

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