29 Facts About Tom Cartwright

Thomas William Cartwright was an English cricketer.

Tom Cartwright played in five Tests for England in 1964 and 1965.

Tom Cartwright became a coach in later life at Millfield School, and later for Wales, as well as a manager at Glamorgan, with whom he had concluded his player career in 1977.

Tom Cartwright died there in 2007 of a heart attack.

Tom Cartwright was born in Alderman's Green, Coventry, in a miner's cottage with no running water.

Tom Cartwright was the last of four children, with three older sisters.

Tom Cartwright's Methodist father worked in the Riley car factory; his mother's father was a coal miner.

Tom Cartwright inherited strong socialist views from his parents, and a strong sense of personal integrity.

Tom Cartwright was educated at Foxford School, a secondary school in Coventry, and captained his school and the Coventry's schools teams in football and cricket.

Tom Cartwright took trials as a right-winger at Aston Villa, but began working at the Rootes car factory.

Tom Cartwright began his cricket career as a batsman, preferring to open the batting, became an all-rounder, batting further down the order, and ended as a bowler.

Tom Cartwright was very successful in first-class cricket, playing for Warwickshire from 1952 to 1969, for Somerset from 1970 to 1976, and for Glamorgan in 1977.

Tom Cartwright made his first-class debut in Warwickshire's last county championship match of the 1952 season, against Nottinghamshire, scoring 82 and 22 not out.

Tom Cartwright did National Service from 1953 to 1955 in the Royal Artillery at Shoeburyness.

Tom Cartwright scored seven first-class centuries, including 210 against Middlesex in 1962.

Tom Cartwright took 100 wickets in eight seasons, and passed 1,000 runs in three seasons.

Tom Cartwright achieving the all-rounder's "double" in 1962, taking 106 wickets and making 1176 runs.

Tom Cartwright won the Gillette Cup with Warwickshire in 1966 and 1968.

Tom Cartwright made his Test debut in the Fourth Test against Australia at Old Trafford in July 1964, when Australian captain Bob Simpson reached a triple century.

Tom Cartwright was selected for the First Test against New Zealand at Edgbaston the following summer, but was then injured again and missed the next few matches.

Tom Cartwright achieved his best Test bowling figures in his final Test appearance, when he returned for the Second Test against South Africa at Trent Bridge later in 1965.

Tom Cartwright broke his right thumb attempting to take a catch off his own bowling in the first innings, and he was unable to bowl in the second innings.

Tom Cartwright became coach at Somerset, where he played with a young Ian Botham, helping him to develop his swing bowling.

Tom Cartwright left Somerset after an argument about his fitness in 1976, and played for Glamorgan the following year before finally retiring from playing to concentrate on coaching.

Tom Cartwright became coach for the Welsh Cricket Association and then the first Welsh national coach.

Tom Cartwright became the first cricket coach to join the National Coaching Federation's Hall of Fame.

Tom Cartwright took charge of the development of under-16 cricketers for many years, continuing until 2007.

Tom Cartwright suffered a heart attack in March 2007, and died a month later.

Tom Cartwright was survived by his Welsh wife, Joan Rees, whom he married in 1960, and by their son and daughter.