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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Short description|English cricketer (1892–1916)}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Alban Arnold
| name = Alban Arnold
| image =
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| country = England
| country = England
| fullname = Alban Charles Philias Arnold
| fullname = Alban Charles Phidias Arnold
| nickname =
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1892|11|19|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1892|11|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Tattenhall]], [[Cheshire]], England
| birth_place = [[Tattenhall]], [[Cheshire]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1916|7|7|1892|11|19|df=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1916|7|7|1892|11|19|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Ovillers-la-Boisselle]], [[Somme (department)|Somme]], France
| death_place = [[Ovillers-la-Boisselle]], [[Somme (department)|Somme]], France
| heightft =
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| batting = Right-handed
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling =
| bowling = Unknown
| role = [[Wicketkeeper]]
| role = [[Wicket-keeper]]
| family =
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| club1 = [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]]
| club1 = [[Cambridge University Cricket Club|Cambridge University]]
| year1 = 1912–1914
| year1 = {{nowrap|1912–1914}}
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| club2 = [[Cambridge University Cricket Club|Cambridge University]]
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| year2 = 1912–1914
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| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
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| runs1 = 836
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'''Alban Charles Philias Arnold''' (19 November 1892 – 7 July 1916) was an English [[first-class cricket]]er. Arnold was a right-handed [[batsman (cricket)|batsman]] who played primarily as a [[wicketkeeper]].
'''Alban Charles Phidias Arnold''' (19 November 1892 — 7 July 1916) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Army]] officer.


The son of The Reverend Charles Lowther Arnold, he was born in July 1916 at [[Tattenhall|Tattenhall, Cheshire]]. He educated at [[Twyford School]], before progressing to [[Malvern College]] where he was in the college cricket team.<ref name="OBIT">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228033.html|title=Wisden – Deaths in the war, 1916|date=December 2005 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=28 July 2023}}</ref> From there, he matriculated to [[Magdalene College, Cambridge]] in 1911.<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HnBhCgAAQBAJ|title=Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War|first=Nigel|last=McCrery|author-link=Nigel McCrery|publisher=[[Pen and Sword Books|Pen and Sword]]|location=[[Barnsley]]|pages=221–2|date=2015|isbn=9781473864191}}</ref> While studying at Cambridge, Arnold was a member of the [[Cambridge University Cricket Club]], for whom he made his debut in [[first-class cricket]] against the touring [[South Africa national cricket team|South Africans]] at [[Fenner's]]. He played once for Cambridge in 1912, but did play in four first-class matches for [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]] (qualifying through residency as his father was Reverend at [[Fareham]]) in the same season, including three matches in the [[1912 County Championship|County Championship]].<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6454/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Alban Arnold|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=28 July 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He did not appear for Cambridge University in 1913, but did appear for Hampshire ''against'' Cambridge that year. Arnold made four appearances for the Cambridge team in 1914, including playing in [[The University Match (cricket)|The University Match]] at [[Lord's]] against [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]],<ref name="FCM"/> for which he gained his [[Blue_(university_sport)#University_of_Cambridge|blue]].<ref name="OBIT"/> He also made eleven first-class appearances for Hampshire in [[1914 County Championship|that season's County Championship]].<ref name="FCM"/> For Cambridge University, he scored 229 runs at an [[batting average (cricket)|average]] of 25.44, with a highest score of 89; for Hampshire, he made sixteen appearances and scored 542 runs at an average of 24.63; he made five half centuries, with a highest score of 76.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6454/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Alban Arnold|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=28 July 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In addition to playing first-class cricket for Cambridge University and Hampshire, he also made a single appearance for the [[Free Foresters Cricket Club|Free Foresters]] ''against'' Cambridge University in 1914,<ref name="FCM"/> scoring a half century against his contemporaries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9294.html|title=Cambridge University v Free Foresters, University Match 1914|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=28 July 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
Arnold was a son of the Reverend Charles Lowther Arnold, [[Vicar (Anglicanism)|vicar]] of Holy Trinity Church, [[Fareham]]. He was educated at [[Twyford School]] and [[Malvern College]], then went up to [[Magdalene College, Cambridge]] in 1911.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HnBhCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA221 |first=Nigel |last=McCrery |authorlink=Nigel McCrery |publisher=Pen and Sword |date=2015 |title=Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War |page=221}}</ref> He made his [[first-class cricket|first-class]] debut for [[Cambridge University Cricket Club|Cambridge University]] in 1912 against the touring [[South Africa national cricket team|South Africans]]. That same year Arnold made his [[County Championship]] debut for [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]] against [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]]. Arnold represented Hampshire four times in the 1912 season, and in 1913 Arnold played a single first-class match for Hampshire against Cambridge University.


With the start of the [[First World War]], the cessation of [[Cricket in World War I|cricket during the conflict]] was enacted.<ref>{{cite book|title=Cricket in the First World War|first=John|last=Broom|year=2022|publisher=[[Pen and Sword Books|Pen and Sword History]]|location=Barnsley|page=29|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HdBkEAAAQBAJ|isbn=9781526780140|language=en}}</ref> Arnold served in the war, being commissioned as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and Commonwealth|second lieutenant]] into the 3rd Battalion, [[Royal Berkshire Regiment]] in September 1914.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28910|date=22 September 1914|page=7490}}</ref> He joined the [[Royal Fusiliers]] shortly after, and saw action with them during the [[Battle of the Somme]]. It was during this battle that he was [[killed in action]] on 7 July 1916 at [[Ovillers-la-Boisselle]].<ref name="BOOK"/> He has no known grave and is commemorated on the [[Thiepval Memorial]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/770973/alban-charles-philias-arnold/|title=Second Lieutenant Alban Charles Philias Arnold|website=www.cwgc.org|accessdate=28 July 2023}}</ref> In the closing line of his obituary in ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'', it remarked on Arnold's promise by concluding: "He would probably have developed into a cricketer of very high class".<ref name="OBIT"/>
In the 1914 English cricket season Arnold represented both Hampshire and Cambridge University. While playing for Cambridge University in a match against the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]], Arnold made his highest career score of 89. In the [[1914 County Championship]] Arnold played a number of good innings for Hampshire in the County Championship, making scores of 54 against [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]], 69 against [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]], 76 against [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]] and 51 against [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]].

Arnold's first-class career came to an end with the outbreak of the [[First World War]]. Arnold was [[Commissioned officer|commissioned]] in the [[British Army]] with the rank of [[Second Lieutenant#United Kingdom and Commonwealth|2nd Lieutenant]] in the [[Royal Fusiliers]]. Arnold was killed in action on 7 July 1916 at [[Ovillers-la-Boisselle]] in northern [[French Third Republic|France]] during the [[Battle of the Somme]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/cricketers-who-died-in-world-war-1-part-1-of-5-165998 |title=Cricketers who died in World War 1 — Part 1 of 5 |work=Cricket Country |accessdate=28 November 2018}}</ref> He has no known grave and is commemorated on the [[Thiepval Memorial]].<ref>[http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/770973 CWGC entry]</ref>

''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' remarked on Arnold's promise by concluding: "He would probably have developed into a cricketer of very high class."


==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/8564.html Alban Arnold ] at [[Cricinfo]]

*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6454/6454.html Alban Arnold ] at CricketArchive
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*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6454/statistics_lists.html Matches and detailed statistics for Alban Arnold]


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Latest revision as of 11:24, 20 March 2024

Alban Arnold
Personal information
Full name
Alban Charles Phidias Arnold
Born(1892-11-19)19 November 1892
Tattenhall, Cheshire, England
Died7 July 1916(1916-07-07) (aged 23)
Ovillers-la-Boisselle, Somme, France
BattingRight-handed
BowlingUnknown
RoleWicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1912–1914Cambridge University
1912–1914Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 22
Runs scored 836
Batting average 25.33
100s/50s –/7
Top score 89
Balls bowled 6
Wickets 0
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 13/2
Source: Cricinfo, 24 December 2009

Alban Charles Phidias Arnold (19 November 1892 — 7 July 1916) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

The son of The Reverend Charles Lowther Arnold, he was born in July 1916 at Tattenhall, Cheshire. He educated at Twyford School, before progressing to Malvern College where he was in the college cricket team.[1] From there, he matriculated to Magdalene College, Cambridge in 1911.[2] While studying at Cambridge, Arnold was a member of the Cambridge University Cricket Club, for whom he made his debut in first-class cricket against the touring South Africans at Fenner's. He played once for Cambridge in 1912, but did play in four first-class matches for Hampshire (qualifying through residency as his father was Reverend at Fareham) in the same season, including three matches in the County Championship.[3] He did not appear for Cambridge University in 1913, but did appear for Hampshire against Cambridge that year. Arnold made four appearances for the Cambridge team in 1914, including playing in The University Match at Lord's against Oxford University,[3] for which he gained his blue.[1] He also made eleven first-class appearances for Hampshire in that season's County Championship.[3] For Cambridge University, he scored 229 runs at an average of 25.44, with a highest score of 89; for Hampshire, he made sixteen appearances and scored 542 runs at an average of 24.63; he made five half centuries, with a highest score of 76.[4] In addition to playing first-class cricket for Cambridge University and Hampshire, he also made a single appearance for the Free Foresters against Cambridge University in 1914,[3] scoring a half century against his contemporaries.[5]

With the start of the First World War, the cessation of cricket during the conflict was enacted.[6] Arnold served in the war, being commissioned as a second lieutenant into the 3rd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment in September 1914.[7] He joined the Royal Fusiliers shortly after, and saw action with them during the Battle of the Somme. It was during this battle that he was killed in action on 7 July 1916 at Ovillers-la-Boisselle.[2] He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.[8] In the closing line of his obituary in Wisden, it remarked on Arnold's promise by concluding: "He would probably have developed into a cricketer of very high class".[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Wisden – Deaths in the war, 1916". ESPNcricinfo. December 2005. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b McCrery, Nigel (2015). Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War. Barnsley: Pen and Sword. pp. 221–2. ISBN 9781473864191.
  3. ^ a b c d "First-Class Matches played by Alban Arnold". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  4. ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Alban Arnold". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Cambridge University v Free Foresters, University Match 1914". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  6. ^ Broom, John (2022). Cricket in the First World War. Barnsley: Pen and Sword History. p. 29. ISBN 9781526780140.
  7. ^ "No. 28910". The London Gazette. 22 September 1914. p. 7490.
  8. ^ "Second Lieutenant Alban Charles Philias Arnold". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
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