# Richard Carty

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**Richard Arthur Carty** (28 July 1922 — 31 March 1984) was an English first-class [cricketer](/source/Cricket).

Carty was born at [Southampton](/source/Southampton) in July 1922. Following the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War), [Hampshire](/source/Hampshire_County_Cricket_Club) were in the process of rebuilding their post-war team under the secretaryship and captaincy of [Desmond Eagar](/source/Desmond_Eagar). Amongst his aims was to seek local players with which to build a team, with Carty being amongst these new post-war locally produced players.[1] He made his debut in [first-class cricket](/source/First-class_cricket) for Hampshire against [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University_Cricket_Club) at [Bournemouth](/source/Dean_Park_Cricket_Ground) in 1949, with him making ten appearances in his debut season.[2] His first season proved to be his most successful as a right-arm [fast-medium bowler](/source/Fast_bowling),[1] with him taking 34 wickets at an [average](/source/Bowling_average) of 25.82; he took three [five wicket hauls](/source/Five_wicket_haul), with best figures of 6 for 110.[3] The following season, he made fifteen appearances and took 31 wickets at an average of 33.29.[2][3] He became less effective in later seasons, but did record his best match figures of 11 for 117 against [Glamorgan](/source/Glamorgan_County_Cricket_Club) in the [1952 County Championship](/source/1952_County_Championship).[1] With [Victor Cannings](/source/Victor_Cannings) joining Hampshire in 1950, coupled with Carty suffering a number of injuries, his opportunities became limited, and his first-class career thus came to an end following the 1954 season.[1] In 55 first-class appearances for Hampshire,[2] he took 138 wickets at an average of 30.17; he took eight five wicket hauls and [ten wickets in a match](/source/Ten-wicket_haul) once.[4] His best innings figures of 7 for 29 came against Oxford University at [Basingstoke](/source/May's_Bounty) in 1951.[1] As a [lower order batsman](/source/Batting_order_(cricket)#Lower_order_or_tail),[1] he scored 798 runs at a [batting average](/source/Batting_average_(cricket)) of 14.77; he made two half centuries, with a highest score of 53.[5] Carty died at [Bishop's Waltham](/source/Bishop's_Waltham) in March 1984.

## References

1. ["A-Z (C3)"](https://hampshirecrickethistory.wordpress.com/2017/11/11/a-z-c3/). *www.hampshirecrickethistory.wordpress.com*. Retrieved 18 September 2023.

1. ["First-Class Matches played by Richard Carty"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6524/First-Class_Matches.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 September 2023.

1. ["First-Class Bowling in Each Season by Richard Carty"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6524/f_Bowling_by_Season.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 September 2023.

1. ["First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Richard Carty"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6524/f_Bowling_by_Team.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 September 2023.

1. ["First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Richard Carty"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6524/f_Batting_and_Fielding_by_Team.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 September 2023.[dead link]

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