Arnold Warren
Warren pictured in around 1908
Personal information
Born(1875-04-02)2 April 1875
Codnor, Derbyshire, England
Died3 September 1951(1951-09-03) (aged 76)
Codnor, Derbyshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 143)3 July 1905 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1897–1920Derbyshire
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 1 255
Runs scored 7 5,507
Batting average 7.00 13.73
100s/50s 0/0 1/11
Top score 7 123
Balls bowled 236 42,942
Wickets 6 939
Bowling average 18.83 24.55
5 wickets in innings 1 72
10 wickets in match 0 15
Best bowling 5/57 8/69
Catches/stumpings 1/– 195/–
Source: CricketArchive, 26 April 2010

Arnold Warren (2 April 1875 – 3 September 1951) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1897 and 1920 and played for England in 1905. He was the first bowler from Derbyshire to take 100 wickets in a season, a feat he performed three times.

Cricket career

He made his debut for Derbyshire against Lancashire in May 1897.[1] During his time at Derbyshire, he was partnered by Billy Bestwick in a dangerous fast-bowling partnership that never gained much reward because they had very small totals to bowl at.[1] Though rarely judged a better bowler than Bestwick, it was owing to his superiority as a batsman and fieldsman that Warren gained the pair's only England cap against Australia at Headingley in 1905.

He played in the Headingley (Leeds) Ashes Test of 1905.[1] A very tall, right-arm fast bowler who operated off a long, bounding approach, he took 5 for 57 in the first innings of a drawn match.[2] Although he dismissed the cream of Australia's batting, taking the prized wicket of Victor Trumper in both innings, he was not selected again.[1]

In 1910, when playing against Warwickshire at Blackwell Warren scored 123 in less than three hours in a ninth-wicket stand of 283 with John Chapman.[1] This remains a world record in all first-class cricket.[1]

Football career

Arnold Warren
Warren while with Brentford in 1902
Personal information
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Heanor Town
Ripley Athletic
1899 Glossop 0 (0)
Ripley Athletic
1901 Derby County 8 (2)
1902–1903 Brentford 15 (2)
Ripley Athletic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Warren played as an outside right in the Football League for Derby County and in the Southern League for Brentford in the early 1900s.[3][4][5] He also played non-league football for Heanor Town and Ripley Athletic.[3] Warren's Brentford career ended when he was jailed for six months for causing an affray in a local pub.[4]

First World War

Despite being 40 years old and not eligible to serve, Warren lied about his age and enlisted in the Royal Garrison Artillery during the First World War.[1] He suffered upper body wounds from a shell blast in France in 1917 and was discharged in February 1919, three months after the armistice.[1] Warren reached the rank of lance bombardier.[1]

Personal life

Warren was born in Codnor, Derbyshire, the son of John Warren, a builder, and his wife Mary.[1] Warren died in his hometown at the age of 76.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Arnold Warren". www.codnor.info. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "3rd Test: England v Australia at Leeds, Jul 3–5, 1905". espncricinfo. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
  3. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 302. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  4. 1 2 Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. pp. 37–38. ISBN 1-874427-57-7.
  5. ↑ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 357. ISBN 0951526200.
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