Tom Cartwright

Tom Cartwright
Personal information
Full name
Thomas William Cartwright
Born(1935-07-22)22 July 1935
Alderman's Green, Coventry, England
Died30 April 2007(2007-04-30) (aged 71)
Neath, Glamorgan, Wales
NicknameNail
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-hand medium
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 424)23 July 1964 v Australia
Last Test5 August 1965 v South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1952–1969Warwickshire
1970–1976Somerset
1977Glamorgan
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA
Matches 5 479 144
Runs scored 26 13,710 1,254
Batting average 5.20 21.32 14.41
100s/50s 0/0 7/66 0/1
Top score 9 210 61
Balls bowled 1,611 84,837 7,491
Wickets 15 1,536 172
Bowling average 36.26 19.11 20.23
5 wickets in innings 1 94 0
10 wickets in match 0 18 0
Best bowling 6/94 8/39 4/7
Catches/stumpings 2/– 331/– 52/–
Source: CricketArchive, 25 January 2009

Thomas William Cartwright MBE (22 July 1935[1] – 30 April 2007) was an English cricketer. Playing largely for Somerset and Warwickshire, he took over 1,600 wickets as a medium-pace bowler, though he began his career as a top-order batsman, and was capable enough with the bat to score seven hundreds including a double-century. He played in five Tests for England in 1964 and 1965. His withdrawal from the 1968–69 tour to South Africa led to his replacement in the touring team by Basil D'Oliveira, whose inclusion precipitated the sporting isolation of South Africa until apartheid was abolished.

Cricket writer, Colin Bateman, stated, "Cartwright was an exceptional bowler whose talents could not find a niche in the England side, much to the discredit of the selectors. His high, flowing action off a few steady paces produced unerring accuracy and nip for his rich assortment of seam and swing deliveries, but England looked usually for a first change bowler with extra pace".[1] He became a coach in later life at Millfield School, and later for Wales, as well as a manager at Glamorgan, with whom he had concluded his player career in 1977. He died there in 2007 of a heart attack.

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