Richard Carty

Richard Arthur Carty (28 July 1922 — 31 March 1984) was an English first-class cricketer.

Carty was born at Southampton in July 1922. Following the Second World War, Hampshire were in the process of rebuilding their post-war team under the secretaryship and captaincy of 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 for Hampshire against Oxford University at Bournemouth 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,[1] with him taking 34 wickets at an average of 25.82; he took three five wicket hauls, 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 in the 1952 County Championship.[1] With 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 once.[4] His best innings figures of 7 for 29 came against Oxford University at Basingstoke in 1951.[1] As a lower order batsman,[1] he scored 798 runs at a batting average of 14.77; he made two half centuries, with a highest score of 53.[5] Carty died at Bishop's Waltham in March 1984.