Background
He was born at Thames Ditton, Surrey.
He was born at Thames Ditton, Surrey.
Carver"s batting style is unknown, though it is known he was a fast-medium bowler, though which he arm he bowled with is also unknown. Carver made a single first-class appearance for Surrey against Gloucestershire in the 1907 County Championship at the Ashley Down Ground, Bristol. Gloucestershire responded in their first-innings by making 404 all out, with Carver taking a single wicket, that of Percy Mills, to finish with figures of 1/42 from eighteen overs.
Surrey were then dismissed for 171 in their second-innings, with Carver being dismissed by Henry Huggins for a duck.
This was his only major appearance for Surrey. He died at Bootle, Lancashire, on 1 October 1912.
His brothers-in-law, Frederick Mathews, also played first-class cricket.