He played first-class cricket for Victoria, Auckland and Canterbury between 1898 and 1914.

[1] In 1909, the Australian Test player Hugh Trumble, having been asked by the Canterbury Cricket Association to find a coach, chose Carlton.

As well as being an accomplished cricketer, Carlton was also a baseball and football player and a sprinter.

He was one of the leading batsmen in New Zealand in 1909–10, with 238 runs in four matches at an average of 39.66[3] and a highest score of 88 not out, the highest score of the match, for Canterbury against Auckland in the Plunket Shield.

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