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Peter Rudolph Carlstein (born 28 October 1938) is a former South African cricketer who played as a middle-order batsman in eight Test matches from 1958 to 1964.

Peter Carlstein

Peter Carlstein in 1963
Personal information
Full name	Peter Rudolph Carlstein
Born	(1938-10-28) 28 October 1938 (age 83) Klerksdorp, South Africa
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Leg spin
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	South Africa
Test debut	28 February 1958 v Australia
Last Test	24 January 1964 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1954/55–1957/58	Orange Free State
1958/59–1971/72	Transvaal
1964/65–1966/67	Natal
1967/68–1979/80	Rhodesia
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA Matches 8 148 14 Runs scored 190 7,554 369 Batting average 14.61 31.60 36.90 100s/50s 0 9/46 1/0 Top score 42 229 167* Balls bowled – 788 – Wickets – 9 – Bowling average – 53.33 – 5 wickets in innings – 0 – 10 wickets in match – 0 – Best bowling – 3/37 – Catches/stumpings 3/– 82/– 0/–
Source: Cricket Archive, 23 December 2010

Career

Carlstein made his first-class debut at the age of 16 for Orange Free State against Natal at Bloemfontein in 1954-55; in the second innings he scored 54 and added 161 for the seventh wicket with his captain, Stephen Hanson.[1] Three years later, still in his teens, he made his Test debut in the Fifth Test against Australia in 1957-58, scoring 32 in the first innings batting at number eight.[2]

He toured England in 1960, scoring 980 runs in 23 first-class matches at an average of 29.69, with a top score of 151 against Hampshire.[3] He played all five Tests, but scored only 119 runs, making his top Test score of 42 in the Fifth Test at The Oval.[4]

He played in the First and Fourth Tests in Australia in 1963-64, making 37 in the Fourth Test in Adelaide, which South Africa won.[5] While the team was in New Zealand in late February 1964, he received the news that his wife and three of his four children had died in a motor accident, and returned to South Africa immediately.[6]

Carlstein continued to play first-class cricket until 1979-80, when he was 41, 25 seasons after his first match. His highest score was 229 for Transvaal against the International Cavaliers in 1962-63, which was also his most successful season, with 852 runs at 71.00 including two other centuries. He was Rhodesian Player of the Year 1967-68.

After his first-class career ended in the early 1980s he moved to Perth in Western Australia, where he played and then coached at the Midland-Guildford club.

According to Wally Grout, Carlstein was "a descendant of a European royal family".[7] This was a misunderstanding, the result of a joke played on Carlstein by his teammates.

References

External links

• Peter Carlstein at ESPNcricinfo

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