Doug Carswell

{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}}

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{{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2020}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Doug Carswell

| image =

| fullname = Robert Douglas Carswell

| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|3|19|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Gisborne, New Zealand

| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|05|22|1936|3|19|df=yes}}

| death_place = Bethlehem, New Zealand

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm off break

| role =

| club2 = Northern Districts

| year2 = 1957/58

| club1 = Poverty Bay

| year1 = {{nowrap|1956/57–1968/69}}

| date = 31 December

| year = 2023

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/36671.html Cricinfo

}}

Robert Douglas Carswell (19 March 1936 – 22 March 2022) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in one first-class match for Northern Districts during the 1957–58 season.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/36671.html |title=Robert Carswell |work=CricInfo |accessdate=1 November 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/21/21611/21611.html |title=Doug Carswell |website=CricketArchive |access-date=31 December 2023 |url-access=subscription}}

Carswell was born at Gisborne in Poverty Bay in 1936.{{cite book |last=McCarron |first=A. |year=2010 |title=New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010 |page=31 |location=Cardiff |publisher=The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians |ISBN=978 1 905138 98 2 |url=https://archive.acscricket.com/cricketers_series/new_zealand_cricketers_1863-64_2010/index.html |access-date=5 June 2023}} He played cricket regularly for Poverty Bay, including in the Hawke Cup, but made only a single first-class appearance. Playing against Canterbury in December 1957 Carswell scored eight runs in his only first-class innings. He was hit on the head whilst batting and retired hurt, but later returned to the crease. He was replaced for Northern Districts' next match by Peter Skelton, unable to play due to his injury which required an operation on his cheek bone.{{cite news |title=Cricket: Canterbury win on first innings |work=The Press |volume=97 |issue=28474 |date=2 January 1958 |page=11 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19580102.2.135 |via=PapersPast |access-date=31 December 2023}}{{cite news |title=Northern Districts play Canterbury |work=The Press |volume=96 |issue=28473 |date=31 December 1957 |page=10 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19571231.2.128 |via=PapersPast |access-date=31 December 2023}}{{cite news |title=Auckland shield team |work=The Press |volume=97 |issue=28475 |date=3 January 1958 |page=5 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19580103.2.45 |via=PapersPast |access-date=31 December 2023}}