Philip Cartwright
Personal information
Full name
Philip Cartwright
Born26 September 1880
Gibraltar
Died21 November 1955(1955-11-21) (aged 75)
Virginia Water, Surrey, England
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1905–1922Sussex
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 84
Runs scored 2,463
Batting average 19.39
100s/50s 1/12
Top score 101
Balls bowled 938
Wickets 16
Bowling average 34.18
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 3/29
Catches/stumpings 36/–
Source: Cricinfo, 30 March 2013

Philip Cartwright (26 September 1880 – 21 November 1955) was an English cricketer who played all of his first-class cricket for Sussex. Cartwright played for the county prior to the First World War and briefly after it, making 84 appearances. He was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm medium pace.

Career and life

Born in Gibraltar, Cartwright made his first-class debut for Sussex against Derbyshire in the 1905 County Championship, with him making two further appearances in that season against Nottinghamshire and Northamptonshire.[1] His next first-class appearance for Sussex didn't come until the 1909 County Championship when he appeared against Nottinghamshire. Cartwright made 27 further first-class appearances in the 1909 season,[1] which was to be his most successful in first-class cricket:[2] he scored 833 runs at an average of 24.80, with five half centuries and a single century score of 101 against Leicestershire. This was to be the only first-class century he made in his career.[2]

He made 21 first-class appearances in the 1910 County Championship,[1] however he was not as successful with the bat when compared to 1909, scoring 651 runs at an average of 18.60, with two half century scores and a high score of 83.[2] The following season Cartwright made just a single first-class appearance in the 1911 County Championship against Leicestershire.[1] He returned for the 1912 season to make regular first-class appearances, with fifteen appearances in the 1912 County Championship,[1] in which he scored a total of 548 runs at an average of 22.83, with three half centuries and a high score of 75.[2] His form dipped in his eleven first-class appearances in 1913, with him scoring 329 runs at an average of 16.45, with two half centuries and a high score of 70.[2] He made one first-class appearance in the 1914 County Championship against Gloucestershire. Following the First World War, in which no first-class cricket was played, Cartwright returned to play for Sussex three seasons after the resumption of County Cricket, making three first-class appearances in the 1922 County Championship against Kent, Nottinghamshire and Hampshire,[1] although he made little impact, scoring 22 runs across the three fixtures.[2] Cartwright made a total of 84 first-class appearances for Sussex, scoring 2,463 runs at an average of 19.39.[3] Taking 39 catches in the field, he also took sixteen wickets with his part—time medium pace bowling, at a bowling average of 34.18, with best figures of 34.18.[4]

He was afflicted with mental illness later in his life, with him dying at Holloway Sanatorium for the insane at Virginia Water, Surrey on 21 November 1955.[5]

Playing style

His playing style was described in his obituary in the 1956 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack as: "He [Cartwright] is far better than his somewhat peculiar style might lead one to suppose".[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "First-Class Matches played by Philip Cartwright". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Philip Cartwright". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Philip Cartwright". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Philip Cartwright". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  5. 1 2 Preston, Norman, ed. (1956). Wisden Cricketer's Almanack 1956 (93 ed.). Sporting Handbooks. ASIN B00C0UQCIC.
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