deliveries death_date columns catches/stumpings year birth_date bowling tenfor country death_place club fivefor batting name fullname birth_place column role source date runs wickets s/s matches article_title
balls -- 26 september 1987 1 1 / -- 1947 -- 1949 1946 1934 2010 9 september 1912 right-arm off break -- england barry , glamorgan , wales devon glamorgan glamorgan -- right-handed ernie carless ernest francis carless cadoxton , glamorgan , wales fc wicketkeeper http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/10658.html cricinfo 1912 9 9 yes 35 -- -- / -- 3 ernie carless

ernie carless

ernest francis carless -lrb- 9 september 1912 -- 26 september 1987 -rrb- was a welsh cricketer .
carless was a right-handed batsman who played primarily as a wicketkeeper .
he also bowled right-arm off-breaks though he did not bowl in first-class cricket .
carless played football in the football league for cardiff city and plymouth argyle as an inside forward .
he was born at cadoxton , glamorgan .
carless made his first-class debut for glamorgan in 1934 against middlesex , though tom brierley kept wicket in this match ; he played one further match for the county in that season , against surrey , when carless kept wicket .
during the second world war he played for the club in fund-raising matches .
following the end of the war and the resumption of county cricket in 1946 , carless made his final first-class appearance , 12 years after his previous first-class match , in a glamorgan side which was beset by injuries and struggling to field a team .
his final first-class match was against essex .
in his 3 matches he scored 35 runs at a batting average of 11.66 and a high score of 25 .
in 1947 , carless joined devon , where he made his minor counties championship debut for the county against cornwall .
from 1947 to 1949 , he represented devon in 7 minor counties fixtures , with his final appearance for the county coming against the glamorgan second xi .
a multi-talented sportsman , carless played football as an inside forward .
he began his career at wolverhampton wanderers , but did not make a first team appearance , and then returned to wales to play for barry town .
carless made his football league debut in 1932 with cardiff city and spent several years there without establishing himself in the first team .
he went on to play for altrincham and return to barry town before the second world war .
carless joined plymouth argyle in 1946 , playing 11 games as a guest in the football league south and then signing up to make four second division appearances when the full league programme returned .
in 1947 , soon after his last appearance for argyle , carless accepted an offer to become the club 's head groundsman , having gained experience doing the job for cardiff city before moving to plymouth .
the role enabled him to continue his cricket career with devon .
carless died at barry , glamorgan on 26 september 1987 .
