Arthur Judd
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Full name | Arthur Kenneth Judd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Leg break | 1 January 1904||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1925–1935 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1927 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1935 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 19 February 2010 |
Arthur Kenneth Judd (1 January 1904 — 15 February 1988) was an English first-class cricketer and British official in Colonial Nigeria.
Life and first-class cricket
Judd was born at Sunbury-on-Thames in January 1904. He was educated at St Paul's School, before matriculating to St Catharine's College, Cambridge.[1] Judd made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Northamptonshire at Northampton in the 1925 County Championship.[2] He made eleven first-class appearances for Hampshire the following season, after the end of the summer semester at Cambridge,[2] with Judd scoring his maiden century against Warwickshire at Portsmouth,[3] Having played without success at Cambridge in the freshman match during his first year Cambridge, Judd found himself in the Cambridge University team in 1927, largely due Duleepsinhji suffering from illness.[3] He made twelve appearances for Cambridge that season, scoring 667 runs at an average of 39.23;[4] he top-scored in The University Match against Oxford University at Lord's, making 124 in the Cambridge second innings to contribute toward a 116 runs victory.[3] As a result, he gained his blue.[3] Later in the season, he played a handful of County Championship matches.[2]
During the winter which followed, Judd toured the West Indies with
While undertaking colonial service, he toured Egypt with Hubert Martineau's XI against the national team, which consisted of British officials. He continued to play minor matches in Nigeria until 1938.[7] Judd died in February 1988 at Abbotskerswell, Devon.[3]
References
- ^ a b The Colonial Office List. London: H.M. Stationery Office. p. 472.
- ^ a b c d e f g "First-Class Matches played by Arthur Judd". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Wisden – Obituaries in 1988". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ a b "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Arthur Judd". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Arthur Judd". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Arthur Judd". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ "A–Z (J6)". www.hampshirecrickethistory.wordpress.com. Retrieved 27 May 2024.