Arthur Wathen
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| Full name | Arthur Cave Wathen | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 March 1841 Streatham, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 March 1937 (aged 95) Bradfield, Berkshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Occasional wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | William Wathen (brother) | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1863–1864 | Kent | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 10 July 2012 | |||||||||||||||
Arthur Cave Wathen (27 March 1841 – 14 March 1937) was an English school teacher and amateur
batsman who fielded occasionally as a wicket-keeper during the 1860s.[1]
Life
Wathen was born at
Worshipful Company of Mercers in 1850. Wathen was educated at Blackheath Proprietary School before going up to Wadham College, Oxford in 1859.[2][3][4]
Wathen played club cricket for
Gentlemen of Kent, Band of Brothers and Reigate Priory.[2] He played for Kent County Cricket Club in nine first-class matches in 1863 and 1864, scoring a total of 147 runs at an average of 8.64, with a high score of 42 not out.[5] He also made three first-class appearances for the Gentlemen of Kent during Canterbury Cricket Weeks, playing twice against the Gentlemen of the MCC in 1863 and 1864, as well against MCC in 1866, playing some matches alongside his brother William.[2]
After 1871 Wathen moved from Beckenham to run a school on Chesham Place in Brighton. He married Agnes Richardson in 1883 and lived in Brighton for most of the remainder of his life. Despite being a teacher, he was a member of the Worshipful Company of Mercers and was given the Freedom of the City of London, both through his family connections.[2]
Wathen died in 1937 at a nursing home at Bradfield in Berkshire. He was aged 97.[2][3]
References
- CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
- ^ Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
- ^ a b Wathen, Mr Arthur Cave, Obituaries in 1937, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1938. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
- Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ a b Arthur Wathen, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-14. (subscription required)