Arnold Anthony
Personal information
Born(1886-07-28)28 July 1886
Christchurch, New Zealand
Died14 October 1968(1968-10-14) (aged 82)
Auckland, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm slow
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1905-06 to 1908-09Canterbury
1909-10 to 1930-31Auckland
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 52
Runs scored 2386
Batting average 27.42
100s/50s 4/12
Top score 116
Balls bowled 4170
Wickets 75
Bowling average 24.14
5 wickets in innings 2
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 6/43
Catches/stumpings 22/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 9 April 2021

Arnold Anthony (28 July 1886 – 14 October 1968) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played 52 first-class matches for Auckland and Canterbury between 1905 and 1931.[1]

Anthony was a middle-order batsman, strong on the pull and the square cut, an accurate slow bowler, and a brilliant fieldsman.[2] He was the first winner of the Redpath Cup, awarded since 1920–21 to the best New Zealand batsman of the first-class season.[3] He scored 251 runs in the Plunket Shield in 1920–21 at an average of 62.75, including 55 not out and 113 in Auckland's 382-run victory over Canterbury.[4] He made his highest first-class score of 116 against Canterbury in 1929–30, when he was 43.[5] He took his best bowling figures of 6 for 43 against the touring MCC in 1922–23.[6] He played senior club cricket for Parnell in Auckland until November 1937, when he was 51.[2]

He and his wife Clara married in December 1915.[7] He later served overseas with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War I.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Arnold Anthony". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Another Cricket Veteran Calls It A Day". Auckland Star: 17. 26 November 1937.
  3. ↑ "The Redpath and Winsor Cups". NZ Cricket Museum. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "Plunket Shield 1920/21". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "Auckland v Canterbury 1929-30". Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "Auckland v MCC 1922-23". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  7. ↑ "New Zealand, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920 for Arnold Anthony". Ancestry. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  8. ↑ "Arnold Anthony". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
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