Arthur Fenton
Personal information
Born(1870-02-27)27 February 1870
Tarnagulla, Victoria, Australia
Died20 May 1950(1950-05-20) (aged 80)
Melbourne, Australia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off-spin
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1895-96Victoria
1903-04 to 1910-11Hawke's Bay
1911-12 to 1914-15Wellington
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 14
Runs scored 195
Batting average 8.12
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 39
Balls bowled 2268
Wickets 50
Bowling average 25.08
5 wickets in innings 2
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 6/41
Catches/stumpings 6/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 August 2018

Arthur Fenton (27 February 1870 – 20 May 1950) was an Australian cricketer. He played one first-class cricket match for Victoria in 1896, and after moving to New Zealand in 1903 he played for Hawke's Bay and Wellington.[1]

An off-spin bowler, useful tail-end batsman and brilliant fielder, Fenton played club cricket in Melbourne and Sydney before being engaged as a professional coach by the Hawke's Bay Cricket Association in late 1903.[2][3] His best bowling performances were 5 for 78 for Hawke's Bay against Auckland in 1904-05[4] and 6 for 41 and 3 for 91 against Otago in 1908-09.[5] As well as coaching, he was the caretaker at the Napier Recreation Ground.

He left Hawke's Bay in late 1911 to take up a groundsman's position at Athletic Park rugby ground in Wellington.[6][7] He carried out drainage works that made a great improvement to the condition of the ground in wet weather.[8] Playing for the University club in Wellington senior cricket, he took three hat-tricks during the 1916-17 season, and finished with 44 wickets at an average of 11.22.[9]

He returned to Australia in 1920.[10][11] He died in 1950 in Melbourne, where he lived in Power Street, Hawthorn, with his wife Charlotte.[12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Arthur Fenton". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Hawke's Bay Association". Hawke's Bay Herald: 4. 19 October 1903.
  3. ↑ "Notes by Long Slip". Otago Witness: 52. 21 October 1903.
  4. ↑ "Auckland v Hawke's Bay 1904-05". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Hawke's Bay v Otago 1908-09". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Personal". Hastings Standard: 4. 3 October 1911.
  7. ↑ Touchline (10 May 1913). "Rugby Football". Free Lance: 19.
  8. ↑ Touchline (30 May 1914). "Rugby Football". Free Lance: 19.
  9. ↑ Touchline (13 April 1917). "Cricket". Free Lance: 19.
  10. ↑ "Wellington Cricket". Free Lance: 24. 25 February 1920.
  11. ↑ "All Sorts of Sport". Free Lance: 22. 16 June 1920.
  12. ↑ "Deaths". The Argus: 10. 22 May 1950.
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