Trevor Arnott
,_Dixton.jpg) Grave at St Peter's Church, Dixton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Trevor Arnott | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 February 1902 Radyr, Glamorgan, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 February 1975 (aged 72) Wilton, Herefordshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1931–1934 | Monmouthshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1931–1934/35 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1924–1930 | Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1921–1930 | Glamorgan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 28 October 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trevor Arnott (16 February 1902 – 2 February 1975) was a Welsh cricketer who played first-class cricket as an amateur from 1921 to 1935.
Arnott was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Radyr, Glamorgan, and attended Monmouth School.[1] He captained Glamorgan County Cricket Club in 1928, but was not successful, the county winning only two of their 26 County Championship matches amid disharmony on and off the field.[1][2]
During the 1928 season he hit his highest score, 153 against Essex.[3] He took his best bowling figures of 7 for 40 when Glamorgan beat the West Indian touring team in 1923.[4] He toured Jamaica with Lord Tennyson's team in 1926–27 and 1927–28.[5]
He is buried is in the churchyard at St Peter's Church, Dixton.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Brian Halford and Andrew Hignell, The Daffodil Blooms: The glorious rise of Glamorgan CCC to County Champions in 1948, ACS Publications, Bedford, 2018, pp. 31–32.
- ^ "Player profile: Trevor Arnott". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
- ^ "Glamorgan v Essex 1928". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ "Glamorgan v West Indians 1923". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ "Obituary", The Cricketer, March 1975, p. 23.
- ^ Gravestone
External links
[edit]- Trevor Arnott at ESPNcricinfo
- Trevor Arnott at CricketArchive
- 1902 births
- 1975 deaths
- Cricketers from Cardiff
- People educated at Monmouth School for Boys
- Glamorgan cricketers
- Glamorgan cricket captains
- Wales cricketers
- Welsh cricket captains
- Gentlemen cricketers
- North v South cricketers
- Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
- Monmouthshire cricketers
- Welsh cricket coaches
- Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricketers
- L. H. Tennyson's XI cricket team
- Sir Julien Cahn's XI cricketers
- H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI cricketers