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Full name | Anthony Waldron Catt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Dormansland, Surrey [a] | 2 October 1933|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 6 August 2018 Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa | (aged 84)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1954–1964 | Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1965/66–1967/68 | Western Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
CricInfo, 15 April 2017 |
Anthony Waldron Catt (2 October 1933 – 6 August 2018) was an English cricketer who played as a wicket-keeper for Kent County Cricket Club. He made his first-class cricket debut in 1954 against Oxford University. [1] [2] He died in August 2018 aged 84. [3]
Catt was born at Dormansland in Surrey where his father was a chauffeur. [a] He was educated at Tower Ramparts Secondary Modern School in Ipswich. [4]
Catt had played for the Army cricket team in 1952 and began appearing for Kent's Second XI in 1954, having taken part in a pre-season trial. [4] [6] He won his Second XI cap in 1955, and played occasionally in the First XI until 1958, deputising along with Derek Ufton when Godfrey Evans was playing for England. [2] [7] On Evans' retirement in 1959 Catt and Ufton shared the wicket-keeping duties until Ufton's retirement in 1962 allowed Catt to play more games, appearing 21 times in 1962, 30 in 1963 and 20 in 1964. [4] [6] He scored 905 runs in 1962, a career high. [6] Catt moved to South Africa after the 1964 season and was replaced as Kent's main wicket-keeper by Alan Knott who had begun to establish himself during 1964. [7] [8] He played 12 matches for Western Province in South Africa. [4]
In August 1955, when Northamptonshire made 374 in their first innings against Kent the total included 73 extras and Catt conceded 48 byes and 23 leg byes. [6] In mitigation he was said to be suffering from the effects of "what was officially stated to be sunburn". [4] [5] [9] [10] [11] The total of byes and leg byes conceded remains a County Championship records as of 2019. [6] [12]
Catt's highest score in first-class cricket came when he was used as a nightwatchman against Leicestershire in 1962. Having survived until stumps, the following day he scored 121 in the morning session, finishing with a score of 162, his only first-class century despite being considered a "class" batsman and having made a score of 201 for the Second XI in 1959. [4] [5] [13]
In total, Catt made 138 first-class appearances, including 118 in the County Championship and nine in the Currie Cup. He played twice for Kent in the Gillette Cup as one-day cricket became established in the early 1960s. [1] [2] He scored 3,123 first-class runs and claimed 321 victims behind the stumps. [6]
Catt died at Rondebosch a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa in August 2018. He was aged 84. [4] [5]