Alfred Carter (cricketer) explained

Alfred Carter
Fullname:Alfred Snowden Carter
Birth Date:1 March 1869
Birth Place:Boroondara, Victoria, Australia
Death Place:Camberwell, Victoria, Australia
Club1:Victoria
Year1:1899-1900
Date:27 July 2015
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/4730.html Cricinfo
Alf Carter
Fullname:Alfred Snowden Carter
Birth Date:1 March 1869
Birth Place:Boroondara, Victoria, Australia
Death Place:Camberwell, Victoria, Australia
Statsend:1892
Years1:1888–1892
Club1:Essendon (VFA)

Alfred Snowden Carter (1 March 1869  - 7 June 1920) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) from 1888 to 1892, and an Australian cricketer, who played two first-class cricket matches for Victoria between 1899 and 1900.[1]

He also played cricket for the East Melbourne Cricket Club, scoring more than 9,800 runs for the team.[2]

Early life

The youngest son of the Melbourne surgeon-dentist, Ernest Carter (1829-1889),[3] [4] [5] and Harriet Elizabeth Carter (1828-1914), née Gilks,[6] Alfred Snowden Carter and his twin sister, Ethel, were born at Booroondara, Victoria on 1 March 1869.[7] He was educated at Kew High School.[8] [9]

Football

Essendon (VFA)

Carter began his sporting career playing Australian Rules Football for the Essendon Football Club in 1887. He was the team's leading goal-kicker in 1888 and 1889.[10]

"Driver"

His father refused to grant him permission to play,[11] [12] and, as a consequence, he assumed the surname "Driver" while representing the Essendon club over the first four seasons he played for them.[13] [14] [15] [16]

In his fifth and last season with Essendon, he was listed as "Carter".[17]

Cricket

A left-handed bat, he began playing district cricket in the 1880's initially playing for University before moving to East Melbourne in 1890 and he was selected to represent Victoria twice in matches against Tasmania. He was also a baseballer and in 1897 he was selected to represent Australia on a baseball tour of America.[18]

Other sports

In 1897 he toured America as a member of the Australian baseball team.[19] [20] [21]

Later in life Carter was successful in golf, winning the Eaglemont golf championship in 1910, skittles, becoming the Victorian amateur skittle champion in 1916, and bowls taking the sport up in 1918.[22]

Death

He died, at a private hospital in Camberwell, Victoria, on 7 June 1920.[23]

See also

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alfred Carter . 27 July 2015 . ESPN Cricinfo.
  2. Web site: Obituaries in 1920 . ESPN Cricinfo . 27 October 2019.
  3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4790646 Medical: A New Discovery, The Argus, (Saturday, 12 March 1853), p.10.
  4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117006008 Deaths: Carter, The Prahran Telegraph, (Saturday, 21 December 1889), p.2.
  5. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article147281255 Wills and Bequests, Table talk, (Friday,14 February 1890), p.12.
  6. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10814897 Deaths: Carter, The Argus, (Saturday, 31 October 1914), p.13.
  7. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5828387 Births: Carter, The Argus, (Wednesday, 3 March 1869), p.4.
  8. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1709434 Personal, The Argus, (Tuesday, 8 June 1920), p.6.
  9. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11594571 The University of Melbourne: Matriculation Examination: February Term, 1887, The Argus, (Monday, 21 March 1887), p.10.
  10. Maplestone (1996), p.426.
  11. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article234217643 Sport and Sportsmen: To Dodge Father, Smith's Weekly, (Saturday, 19 June 1920), p.8.
  12. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article245599144 Mr. A. S. Carter dies, The Herald, (Monday, 7 June 1920), p.3.
  13. "Driver" listed as one of the 29 September 1888 Essendon team at: Football, The Argus, (Saturday, 29 September 1888), p.20.
  14. "Driver" listed as one of the 22 June 1889 Essendon team at: Football: Today's Matches: Port Melbourne v. Essendon, The Argus, (Saturday, 22 June 1889), p.12.
  15. "Driver" listed as one of the 31 May 1890 Essendon team at: Football: Today's Matches: Essendon v. St. Kilda: Essendon Wins, The Herald, (Saturday, 31 May 1890), p.1.
  16. "Driver" listed as one of the 6 June 1891 Essendon team at: Football: Geelong v. Essendon, The Geelong Advertiser, (Saturday, 6 June 1891), p.4.
  17. "Carter" listed as one of the 2 July 1892 Essendon team at: To-Morrow's Sports, The Herald, (Friday, 1 July 1892), p,3.
  18. News: Promising Bowler. The Herald. Melbourne, Vic. 4 . 24 January 1920. 28 October 2021 .
  19. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article227196239 The Baseball Team, The Australian Star, (Monday, 15 March 1897), p.7.
  20. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87767473 Baseball: The Australian Team: Summary of Tour, The (Adelaide) Chronicle, (Saturday, 4 September 1897), p.31.
  21. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54494371 The Australian Baseball Team: A Story of Disaster, The South Australian Register, (Wednesday, 15 September 1897), p.7.
  22. News: Promising Bowler. The Herald. Melbourne, Vic. 4 . 24 January 1920. 28 October 2021 .
  23. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1709347 Deaths: Carter, The Argus, (Tuesday, 8 June 1920), p.1.

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