Vincent Dennehy Aloysius McCarten (9 April 1913 – 28 July 1993) was a New Zealand cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played a single first-class cricket|first-class match for Otago during the 1944–45 season.

McCarten was born at Dunedin in 1913.[1] He served in the New Zealand military, including during World War II, and played some cricket during his service career, appearing in a January 1945 wartime match at the Basin Reserve and in a 1948 match for a Combined Services side at Eden Park. Hie only first-class appearance came for Otago in December 1944 against Canterbury. He scored a total of three runs in the match.[2]

McCarten died at Christchurch in 1993 at the age of 80.[3] An obituary was published in the 1995 edition of the New Zealand Cricket Almanack.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 83. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
  2. ↑ Vincent McCarten, CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 November 2023. (subscription required)
  3. ↑ Vincent McCarten, CricInfo. Retrieved 12 November 2023.


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