Robert Carrick (cricketer)

Robert Black Carrick (9 June 1892 — 4 September 1945) was a Scottish first-class cricketer and an officer of the Indian Volunteers and Royal Artillery.

[2] After completing his education, he travelled to British India where he served in the Madras Artillery Volunteers during the First World War, being commissioned as a second lieutenant in June 1915.

[5] Following the war, in March 1919, he relinquished his commission upon the completion of his service, at which point he was granted the full rank of captain.

[6] A member of the Madras Cricket Club,[7] he played first-class cricket while in British India, making his debut for England against India at Bombay in December 1915.

[8] Described as the Jessop of the Madras cricket team, Carrick was a member of a Madras team which was described as the strongest ever and contained the likes of C. P. Johnstone, Alexander Penfold, and Humphrey Ward.