| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Philip Cartwright |
| Birth Date: | 26 September 1880 |
| Birth Place: | Gibraltar |
| Death Place: | Virginia Water, Surrey, England |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Bowling: | Left-arm medium |
| Club1: | Sussex |
| Year1: | 1905–1922 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 84 |
| Runs1: | 2,463 |
| Bat Avg1: | 19.39 |
| 100S/50S1: | 1/12 |
| Top Score1: | 101 |
| Deliveries1: | 938 |
| Wickets1: | 16 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 34.18 |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | 3/29 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 36/– |
| Date: | 30 March |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11049.html Cricinfo |
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.
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]
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]