Bertie Clarke
Clarke in 1947
Personal information
Born(1918-04-07)7 April 1918
Lakes Folly, Barbados
Died14 October 1993(1993-10-14) (aged 75)
Putney, London, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeg break, googly
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 46)24 June 1939 v England
Last Test19 August 1939 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1937/38–1938/39Barbados
1946–1949Northamptonshire
1959–1960Essex
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 3 97
Runs scored 3 1,292
Batting average 1.00 12.30
100s/50s 0/0 0/1
Top score 2 86
Balls bowled 456 16,123
Wickets 6 333
Bowling average 43.50 26.37
5 wickets in innings 0 20
10 wickets in match 0 1
Best bowling 3/59 7/75
Catches/stumpings 0/– 42/–
Source: CricketArchive, 1 March 2016

Carlos Bertram Clarke OBE (7 April 1918 – 14 October 1993) was a West Indian international cricketer who played in three Test matches in 1939. During the war when three-day cricket was an impossibility due to the demands of labour for the military, Clarke was the leading bowler for the British Empire XI which played one-day matches across the country. He took 98 wickets for 11.48 runs apiece in 1941[1] and bettered this with 129 for 10.17 apiece in 1942.[2]

A fine leg-spinner, he was for a time a guest of the Queen, after which, according to an admiring Leo Cooper, he returned “the same as ever and continued to weave his spells over a host of club cricketers”.[3]

After the war, Clarke played frequently though not regularly for Northamptonshire in 1946 and 1947, and much later for Essex in 1959 and 1960.

References

  1. Whitaker, Haddon ed. (1942) Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, Seventy-Eighth Edition, p. 142
  2. Whitaker, Haddon ed. (1943) Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, Seventy-Ninth Edition. p. 156
  3. Cooper, Leo. "Introduction". Odd Men In. p. viii.


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