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Harry Carr (cricketer)

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Harry Carr
Personal information
Full name
Harry Lascelles Carr
Born(1907-10-08)8 October 1907
Lambeth, London, England
Died18 August 1943(1943-08-18) (aged 35)
Marylebone, London, England
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1934Glamorgan
1931HDG Leveson-Gower's XI
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 3
Runs scored 54
Batting average 10.80
100s/50s –/–
Top score 33
Balls bowled
Wickets
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 4/2
Source: Cricinfo, 24 July 2011

Harry Lascelles Carr (8 October 1907 – 18 August 1943) was an English cricketer and journalist.

Life

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He was born in Lambeth, London, the son of News of the World editor Sir Emsley Carr and his wife Jenny Lascelles Carr. He was educated at Clifton College,[1] before studying at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.[2] While there, he gained a Cambridge Blue in billiards and golf. After graduating, he worked with his father at the News of the World.[2]

Carr joined the Royal Air Force in World War II, being commissioned as a pilot officer on probation on 14 March 1941.[3] Later being promoted to flight lieutenant, he worked within the intelligence branch of the RAF for two and a half years, before he was incapacitated by poor health. He died in Marylebone, London on 18 August 1943, following an operation.[4]

Cricket

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A right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper, Carr made his first-class debut for HDG Leveson-Gower's XI against Oxford University in 1931. He played a further match for Leveson-Gower's XI, against Cambridge University, with both matches coming at The Saffrons in 1931.[5] He later made his only appearance for Glamorgan in 1934 against Cambridge University. In this match, he scored 6 runs before being stumped by Billy Griffith off the bowling of John Human.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. ref no 8825: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948
  2. ^ a b Hignell, Dr. A.K. "Brief profile of Harry Carr". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  3. ^ "No. 35134". The London Gazette. 11 April 1941. p. 2120.
  4. ^ "Wisden – Obituaries during the war, 1943". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  5. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Harry Carr". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  6. ^ "Glamorgan v Cambridge University, 1934". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
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