Arthur Day (Kent cricketer)
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Full name | Arthur Percival Day | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Blackheath, Kent | 10 April 1885||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 22 January 1969 Budleigh Salterton, Devon | (aged 83)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right arm leg spin Right arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Samuel Day (brother) Sydney Day (brother) David Day (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1905–1925 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1907–1912 | MCC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 22 May 1905 Kent v MCC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last First-class | 18 July 1925 Kent v Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 6 April 2016 |
Arthur Percival Day (10 April 1885 – 22 January 1969) was an English amateur
Early life
Day was born at Blackheath in 1885, the youngest son of Sydney and Evelyn Day. His father was a wine merchant.[1] Day attended Shirley House School in Blackheath and Malvern College where he was in the cricket XI between 1901 and 1904, as captain in his last two years.[2][3] He also played in the football XI in 1903 and 1904 and represented the school in rackets pairs.[1]
Cricketing career
Day played Second XI cricket for Kent County Cricket Club in his final two years at school and made his first-class cricket debut for the county in May 1905 against Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).[1][2][4]
A right-handed middle-order batsman who could bowl both fast-medium pace and leg breaks, Day scored 1,149 runs in his first season of
In 1921 Day hit his highest score, an unbeaten 184 against Sussex at Tonbridge, and averaged 111.00 runs per innings for the season.[3] He was described by Wisden as an "enterprising batsman" and could score quickly at times, scoring a century in 55 minutes against Hampshire in 1911.[3] As well as playing 143 times for Kent, he appeared in six Gentlemen v Players matches and made four appearances for MCC. His brothers Sammy and Sydney also played for Malvern and Kent.
Military service, family and later life
Day married Ada Evans in 1911 and was a bottle agent before
Day lived in
Day died at Budleigh Salterton in Devon in January 1969 aged 83.[6][11]
References
- ^ a b c Lewis P (2014) For Kent and Country, pp.143–144. Brighton: Reveille Press.
- ^ a b c d e Arthur Day - Cricketer of the Year 1910, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1910. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
- ^ a b c d e Day, Arthur Percival - Obituary, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1970. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
- ^ a b First-class matches played by Arthur Day, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
- ^ First-class batting and fielding in each season, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
- ^ a b c d e Lewis P Op. cit., pp.144–145.
- ^ David Day, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-05-29.
- ^ Day, Captain D.A.S, Deaths in the War, 1944, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1945. Retrieved 2017-05-29.
- ^ Day, David Arthur Sydney, Casualty details, Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 2017-05-29.
- ^ Venn J, Venn JA (1954) Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, Volume 2, p.209. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Available online. Retrieved 2017-05-29.)
- ^ a b Arthur Day, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-05-29.
External links
- Media related to Arthur Day (Kent cricketer) at Wikimedia Commons
- Arthur Day at ESPNcricinfo