Richard Carty

Richard Arthur Carty (28 July 1922 — 31 March 1984) was an English first-class cricketer.

Carty was born at Southampton in July 1922. Following the Second World War, Hampshire were in the process of rebuilding their post-war team under the secretaryship and captaincy of Desmond Eagar. Amongst his aims was to seek local players with which to build a team, with Carty being amongst these new post-war locally produced players. He made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Oxford University at Bournemouth in 1949, with him making ten appearances in his debut season. His first season proved to be his most successful as a right-arm fast-medium bowler, The following season, he made fifteen appearances and took 31 wickets at an average of 33.29. His best innings figures of 7 for 29 came against Oxford University at Basingstoke in 1951. Carty died at Bishop's Waltham in March 1984.