Donald Carr

Donald Carr

OBE
Personal information
Full name
Donald Bryce Carr
Born(1926-12-28)28 December 1926
Wiesbaden, Germany
Died12 June 2016(2016-06-12) (aged 89)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RelationsJohn Lillingston Carr (father)
John Donald Carr (son)
International information
National side
Test debut2 November 1951 v India
Last Test10 February 1952 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
19461963Derbyshire
1949–1951Oxford University
1964–1968Free Foresters
Career statistics
Competition Tests FC LA
Matches 2 446 2
Runs scored 135 10,257 11
Batting average 33.75 28.61 5.50
100s/50s 0/1 24/100 0/0
Top score 76 170 11
Balls bowled 210 20,313 0
Wickets 2 328
Bowling average 70.00 34.74
5 wickets in innings 0 5
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 1/84 7/53
Catches/stumpings 0/– 500/– 0/–
Source: CricInfo, 13 December 2018

Donald Bryce Carr OBE (28 December 1926 – 12 June 2016)[1] was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1946 to 1967, for Oxford University from 1948 to 1951, and twice for England in 1951/52. He captained Derbyshire between 1955 and 1962 and scored over 10,000 runs for the county.

His cricket administration roles included twelve years as assistant secretary to the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), taking over as secretary of the fledgling Test and County Cricket Board in 1976. In his ten years in that role, cricket writer, Colin Bateman noted that Carr "mixed diplomacy with a sense of justice as first the Packer Affair, and then the first rebel tour to South Africa, threatened to split the world game".[1]

  1. ^ a b Bateman, Colin (1993). If The Cap Fits. Tony Williams Publications. p. 37. ISBN 1-869833-21-X.