Personal information | |||
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Full name | George Nick Cartwright | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
Leichhardt Rovers | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1920–1924 | Balmain Fernleigh | ||
1924–? | Balmain Gladstone | ||
International career | |||
1922–1924 | Australia | 10 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
George Cartwright was an Australian professional soccer player who played as a goalkeeper for the Australia national soccer team.
Cartwright grew up in Balmain to play with the Leichhardt Rovers. He also won the State U18 Nurse Cup. [1]
He had suffered a season injury early into the 1925 Sydney Metropolitan season by a hand cut from a boot by Batten. [2] He was then sent to St. Vincent's Hospital where he had three stitches inserted.
Cartwright began his international career with Australia in 1922 as the country's first capped goalkeeper in a 3–1 loss to New Zealand on 17 June 1922. [3]
He was chosen to take part for one of the Newcastle representative teams on 12 May 1924. [4] Around three weeks later, he was chosen for Australia's goalkeeper in their historic tour against Canada in 1924. At the end of the tour, Cartwright was awarded a souvenir medal for being adjudged the best Australian goalkeeper in the test matches against Canada. [5]
National team | Year | Competitive | Friendly | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Australia | 1922 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
1923 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
1924 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
Career total | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 |