Phillip Henry Carlson (1951 - 2022)

Born 8 Aug 1951 in Nundah, Queensland, Australia

Died 29 Jul 2022 at age 70 in Queensland, Australia [uncertain]

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Biography

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Phillip Henry Carlson was born in 1951 at or about Nundah a suburb of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia.

Phillip Henry Carlson was an Australian cricketer who played two Test matches for his country against England and four One Day Internationals (ODIs) in 1979. During the years when the cream of Australia's cricket talent was playing in World Series Cricket; Queensland First Class player Phil Carlson was called on to make his Test debut versus England at Adelaide from January 27 to February 01, 1979. And unfortunately his last also against the touring English at Sydney from February 10 - 14, 1979. He had also been twelfth man in two previous Test matches in that summer.

With the return of the World Series Cricket players the following summer, he was starved of opportunities, even at state level and retired at the end of the 1981 season. He was the first Queenslander to score a century and take ten wickets in a First Class match. This had been against New South Wales earlier in that same summer of 1978/79.

He passed away in July 2022 and was survived by his wife Sandi, children Kandy, Steen, Kurt, Hana and nine grandchildren..

Sources

• Phil Carlson Australia from the ESPNCRICINFO website. first accessed online on the 5th of August, 2002 at: https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/phil-carlson-4534

• Phil Carlson from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. first accessed on line on the 5th of August, 2022 at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Carlson

• Former Australia allrounder Phil Carlson dies aged 70 ESPNcricinfo staff published: 02-Aug-2022. first accessed on line on the 5th of August, 2002 at: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/australia-news-former-australia-allrounder-phil-carlson-dies-aged-70-1327165

• Queensland Cricket

Further Reading

• Carlson bowls Q'land to win from The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) of Tuesday 7 November 1978, Page 20. first accessed on TROVE on the 5th of August, 2022 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110921699?

• Changes to Test team from The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) of Monday 22 January 1979, Page 1. first accessed on TROVE on the 5th of August, 2022 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/136976213?

• FIFTH CRICKET TEST Australian hopes badly shattered from The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) of Sunday 28 January 1979, Page 24. first accessed on TROVE on the 5th of August, 2022 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/136977361?

• AUSTRALIA KEEPS WINNING SIDE from The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) of Tuesday 6 February 1979, Page 14. first accessed on TROVE on the 5th of August, 2022 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/136978743?

• SIXTH CRICKET TEST Yallop 'superb' but alone from The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) of Sunday 11 February 1979, Page 22. first accessed on TROVE on the 5th of August, 2022 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/136979828?

• SPORTS SECTION from The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) of Tuesday 6 March 1979, Page 1. first accessed on TROVE on the 5th of August, 2022 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110933310?

• Cricket Australia vs the players: High-stakes clash over pay shows no signs of resolution By Offsiders columnist Richard Hinds. Posted Friday 19 May 2017. first accessed online from The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) website on the 5th of August, 2022 at: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-19/pay-dispute-biggest-threat-to-cricket-since-wsc-richard-hinds/8538140