Vincent Dennehy Aloysius McCarten (9 April 1913 – 28 July 1993) was a New Zealand

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er. A right-handed batsman, he played a single first-class cricket, first-class match for

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during the 1944–45 season. McCarten was born at

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in 1913.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 83. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
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at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.) He served in the New Zealand military, including during

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, and played some cricket during his service career, appearing in a January 1945 wartime match at the Basin Reserve and in a 1948 match for a Combined Services side at

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. Hie only first-class appearance came for Otago in December 1944 against

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. He scored a total of three runs in the match.Vincent McCarten
CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 November 2023. McCarten died at

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in 1993 at the age of 80.Vincent McCarten

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. Retrieved 12 November 2023. An obituary was published in the 1995 edition of the ''New Zealand Cricket Almanack''.

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