William Eric Carlsson (January 1892 – 14 July 1916) was a South African first-class cricket, rugby union player and a soldier in the South African Army.
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| Full name | William Eric Carlsson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 1892 Hoetjies Bay, Cape Colony, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 July 1916 (aged 24) Longueval, Somme, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1910/11 | Western Province | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Carlsson was born at Hoetjies Bay in January 1892.[1] He was educated at both the Diocesan College and St George's Grammar School.[2][3] Carlsson played first-class cricket for Western Province in the 1910–11 Currie Cup, making four appearances against Eastern Province, Border, Natal, and Griqualand West.[4] He scored 44 runs in his four matches, with a highest score of 24.[5]
Carlsson played club rugby for Villagers RFC and provincial rugby for Western Province, making his debut in 1914. He was a member of the Western Province team that won the Currie Cup in 1914, by winning all nine of their matches in the competition.[6][7]
Carlsson served in the South African Army during the First World War as a private in the 1st Infantry Brigade, which travelled to Europe as part of the South African Overseas Expeditionary Force.[1] He saw action on the Western Front, where he fought in the Battle of the Somme in July 1916. He was killed in action at Delville Wood on 14 July.[8] He is commemorated at the Thiepval Memorial.[9]
References edit
- ^ a b McCrery, Nigel (30 July 2015). Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War. Pen and Sword. p. 314. ISBN 978-1473864191.
- ^ "Old Diocesans Union" (PDF). Diocesan College. June 2014. p. 109.
{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires|magazine=(help) - ^ "Player profile: William Carlsson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by William Carlsson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by William Carlsson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ Stent, R. K. (1976). 100 Years of Rugby. Cape Town: Villager Football Club. p. 19.
- ^ Parker, A. C. (1983). W.P. Rugby : centenary, 1883-1983. Western Province Rugby Football Union (South Africa) (1st ed.). Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa: WPRFU. pp. 46, 302. ISBN 0-620-06555-9. OCLC 54188953.
- ^ Renshaw, Andrew (2011). Wisden on the Great War: The Lives of Cricket's Fallen 1914–1918. Vol. 2nd. Pen and Sword. p. 212. ISBN 978-1526706980.
- ^ "Private William Eric Carlsson Sharp". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 1 April 2021.