John Arthur (cricketer)

John Arthur

Personal information
Full name	John Lake Allen Arthur
Born	(1847-04-07)7 April 1847 Longford, Tasmania
Died	Longford, Tasmania
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-Arm roundarm
Role	All rounder
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1868-69 – 1872-73	Tasmania
Career statistics
Competition FC Matches 4 Runs scored 135 Batting average 19.28 100s/50s –/– Top score 43 Balls bowled ? Wickets 4 Bowling average 25.00 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 4/100 Catches/stumpings –/1
Source: cricinfo.com, 1 December 2008

John Lake Allen Arthur (born 7 April 1847, in Longford, Tasmania) was a Tasmanian cricket player, who played first class cricket for Tasmania.

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. Bizarrely, despite not normally playing as a wicket-keeper and never taking a single first-class catch, he did effect one first-class stumping whilst filling in as keeper. In the same match in the 1868-69 season he captained the Tasmanian side, although the match was lost and Tasmania were bowled out for just 18 in the first innings.

John Lake Allen Arthur died in his hometown of Longford, Tasmania on 26 April 1877, aged 30 years and 19 days.

See also

• List of Tasmanian representative cricketers

External links

• Cricinfo profile