Douglas Carr

Douglas Carr
Douglas Carr in 1909
Personal information
Full name
Douglas Ward Carr
Born(1872-03-17)17 March 1872
Cranbrook, Kent
Died23 March 1950(1950-03-23) (aged 78)
Salcombe Hill, Sidmouth, Devon
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg-break and googly
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 162)9 August 1909 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1909–1914Kent
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 1 58
Runs scored 0 447
Batting average 0.00 8.94
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 0 48
Balls bowled 414 10,718
Wickets 7 334
Bowling average 40.28 16.72
5 wickets in innings 1 31
10 wickets in match 0 8
Best bowling 5/146 8/36
Catches/stumpings 0/– 19/–
Source: CricInfo, 23 April 2016

Douglas Ward Carr (17 March 1872 – 23 March 1950) was an English amateur cricketer who played once for the England cricket team in 1909. Carr only began playing first-class cricket in 1909, aged 37, for Kent County Cricket Club. A leg-break bowler who was one of the early proponents of the new googly delivery, he shot to fame in 1909 and enjoyed a short career in the years before the First World War. He was named one of Wisden's five Cricketers of the Year in 1910.