Arnold Warren (2 April 1875 – 3 September 1951) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1897 and 1920 and played for England in 1905. He was the first bowler from Derbyshire to take 100 wickets in a season, a feat he performed three times.
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| Born | 2 April 1875 Codnor, Derbyshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 September 1951 (aged 76) Codnor, Derbyshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test (cap 143) | 3 July 1905 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1897–1920 | Derbyshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cricket career
editHe made his debut for Derbyshire against Lancashire in May 1897.[1] During his time at Derbyshire, he was partnered by Billy Bestwick in a dangerous fast-bowling partnership that never gained much reward because they had very small totals to bowl at.[1] Though rarely judged a better bowler than Bestwick, it was owing to his superiority as a batsman and fieldsman that Warren gained the pair's only England cap against Australia at Headingley in 1905.
He played in the Headingley (Leeds) Ashes Test of 1905.[1] A very tall, right-arm fast bowler who operated off a long, bounding approach, he took 5 for 57 in the first innings of a drawn match.[2] Although he dismissed the cream of Australia's batting, taking the prized wicket of Victor Trumper in both innings, he was not selected again.[1]
In 1910, when playing against Warwickshire at Blackwell Warren scored 123 in less than three hours in a ninth-wicket stand of 283 with John Chapman.[1] This remains a world record in all first-class cricket.[1]
Football career
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 Warren while with Brentford in 1902 | |||
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| Position(s) | Outside right | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Heanor Town | |||
| Ripley Athletic | |||
| 1899 | Glossop | 0 | (0) |
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| 1901 | Derby County | 8 | (2) |
| 1902–1903 | Brentford | 15 | (2) |
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Warren played as an outside right in the Football League for Derby County and in the Southern League for Brentford in the early 1900s.[3][4][5] He also played non-league football for Heanor Town and Ripley Athletic.[3] Warren's Brentford career ended when he was jailed for six months for causing an affray in a local pub.[4]
First World War
editDespite being 40 years old and not eligible to serve, Warren lied about his age and enlisted in the Royal Garrison Artillery during the First World War.[1] He suffered upper body wounds from a shell blast in France in 1917 and was discharged in February 1919, three months after the armistice.[1] Warren reached the rank of lance bombardier.[1]
Personal life
editWarren was born in Codnor, Derbyshire, the son of John Warren, a builder, and his wife Mary.[1] Warren died in his hometown at the age of 76.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Arnold Warren". www.codnor.info. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ^ "3rd Test: England v Australia at Leeds, Jul 3–5, 1905". espncricinfo. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 302. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. pp. 37–38. ISBN 1-874427-57-7.
- ^ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 357. ISBN 0951526200.
External links
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Media related to Arnold Warren at Wikimedia Commons- Arnold Warren at ESPNcricinfo
