Edmund Carter

Edmund Sardinson Carter was a first class cricketer who played Oxford University, Victoria, Yorkshire County Cricket Club

The son of the rector of Slingsby, Yorkshire, he was educated at Durham School for whom he played from 1861 to 1864, captaining the team for his last two years. He attended Worcester College, Oxford, playing for the University eleven from 1865 to 1868 and gaining his blue in 1866 and 1867. He also rowed in the University eight, gaining blues in 1867 and 1868. He traveled to Australia in an effort to recover from pleurisy and played one first class game for Victoria while there. He made his highest score of 63 in this game, on debut, against New South Wales. Between 1876 and 1881 he played in fourteen matches for Yorkshire. His final first-class outing was for I Zingari in 1882. He followed his father into the church, becoming a curate and rector and a composer of hymns and church music.

A right-handed batsman, he scored 503 runs at 13.59 and, bowling underarm and right arm fast roundarm, he took 39 wickets with a best of 4 for 58 against MCC.

Born on February 3, 1845 in Old Malton, Yorkshire he died, aged 78, on May 23, 1923 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. His brother, Arthur Carter, also played one game of first class cricket for the MCC.

References

* [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11595.html Cricinfo Profile]
* [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28443/28443.html Cricket Archive Statistics]