Arthur Croome

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Arthur Croome
Personal information
Born(1866-02-21)21 February 1866
Stroud, Gloucestershire
Died11 September 1930(1930-09-11) (aged 64)
Taplow, Berkshire
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1885–1892Gloucestershire
1887–1889Oxford University
Source: Cricinfo, 1 April 2014

Arthur Capel Molyneux Croome (21 February 1866 – 11 September 1930) was an English cricketer. He was educated at Wellington College and Magdalen College, Oxford. He played cricket for Gloucestershire between 1885 and 1892.[1][2] He became a schoolteacher and taught at Radley College 1889–1910.[3] He was Tutor of F Social from 1902-1910.[4]

Croome was also a

Morning Post. After leaving Radley he moved to London and wrote on cricket for The Times.[5] Croome was also employed at the Daily Telegraph after leaving Radley.[6]

His son Victor played cricket for the Royal Air Force cricket team.

Croome's cricket career was interrupted owing to serious injury according to his Wisden obituary: whilst fielding for Gloucestershire against Lancashire at Manchester in 1887, he impaled himself on the railings; one of the points entered his neck, and for some time his life hung in the balance, but after a severe illness he regained his health.[7]

Croome was the first Secretary of the newly formed Oxford and Cambridge Golf Society (1898). His nickname was "Crumbo".[8] Croome was a member of the Royal North Devon Golf Club and represented the club when competing for the Amateur Championship, at his home course in 1912, reaching the fifth round.[9] Croome became a partner in the golf course architect firm, Fowler, Abercrombie, Simpson and Croome. Croome was also a member of Rye Golf Club, becoming Captain of the club.[10] In 1922, Croome was invited to design the course for the Liphook Golf Club, the only course he was to design.[11]

References

  1. ^ Arthur Croome at ESPNcricinfo
  2. ^ Arthur Croome at CricketArchive (subscription required)
  3. ^ "Register 1847-1923 - xxiii - Assistant Masters". Radley College Archives. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Nomina Palmam Ferentia". 7 March 2013.
  5. ^ "Mr A. C. M. Croome – A Great Player of Games". The Times. London. 13 September 1930. p. 12.
  6. ^ "Nomina Palmam Ferentia". Radley College Archives. 7 March 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Obituaries in 1930". 2 December 2005.
  8. ISBN 9781504027595
    . Retrieved 25 October 2017 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "CONTENTdm" (PDF).
  10. ^ "Rye Golf Club" (PDF).
  11. ^ "History of the Design :: Liphook is a traditional golf club with one of the best courses in the country. Opened in 1923, the course was soon recognised by the R&A as an exemplary inland heathland course and is also an early example of strategic design for golf courses". www.liphookgolfclub.com. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
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