Arnold Anthony (28 July 1886 – 14 October 1968) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played 52 first-class matches for Auckland and Canterbury between 1905 and 1931.[1]
 Anthony pictured in 1916 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 28 July 1886 Christchurch, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 October 1968 (aged 82) Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm slow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1905/06–1908/09 | Canterbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1909/10–1930/31 | Auckland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 9 April 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Anthony was a middle-order batsman, strong on the pull and the square cut, an accurate slow bowler, and a brilliant fieldsman.[2] He was the first winner of the Redpath Cup, awarded since 1920–21 to the best New Zealand batsman of the first-class season.[3] He scored 251 runs in the Plunket Shield in 1920–21 at an average of 62.75, including 55 not out and 113 in Auckland's 382-run victory over Canterbury.[4] He made his highest first-class score of 116 against Canterbury in 1929–30, when he was 43.[5] He took his best bowling figures of 6 for 43 against the touring MCC in 1922–23.[6] He played senior club cricket for Parnell in Auckland until November 1937, when he was 51.[2]
He and his wife Clara married in December 1915.[7] He later served overseas with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War I.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Arnold Anthony". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ a b "Another Cricket Veteran Calls It A Day". Auckland Star: 17. 26 November 1937.
- ^ "The Redpath and Winsor Cups". NZ Cricket Museum. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Plunket Shield 1920/21". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Auckland v Canterbury 1929-30". Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Auckland v MCC 1922-23". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "New Zealand, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920 for Arnold Anthony". Ancestry. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Arnold Anthony". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 9 April 2021.