John Arthur
Personal information
Full name
John Lake Allen Arthur
Born(1847-04-07)7 April 1847
Longford, Van Diemen's Land
Died26 April 1877(1877-04-26) (aged 30)
Longford, Tasmania
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm roundarm
RoleAll rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1868/69–1872/73Tasmania
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 4
Runs scored 135
Batting average 19.28
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 43
Balls bowled 148
Wickets 4
Bowling average 25.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 4/100
Catches/stumpings 0/1
Source: CricInfo, 1 December 2008

John Lake Allen Arthur (7 April 1847 – 26 April 1877) was a first-class cricketer who played for Tasmania from 1866 to 1875.

He was an opening batsman and a roundarm bowler, which was the more common form of bowling at the time. Arthur represented Tasmania in three first-class matches, and a single game for a Rest of Australia side in 1872/73. Despite not normally playing as a wicket-keeper and never taking a single first-class catch, he effected one stumping keeping wicket in his first first-class match. In the same match in 1868–69 he captained the Tasmanian side, although the match was lost and Tasmania were bowled out for just 18 in the first innings.[1]

He was invited to take part in the Australians' 1878 tour of England, but two days after receiving the letter of invitation he died suddenly in his hometown of Longford on 26 April 1877, aged 30 years and 19 days.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Victoria v Tasmania". cricketarchive.com. 12 February 1869. Retrieved 2 December 2008.
  2. ↑ John Lazenby, The Strangers Who Came Home: The First Australian Cricket Tour of England, Bloomsbury, London, 2015, pp. 16–17.


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