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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]

Arnold Anthony

Personal information
Born	(1886-07-28)28 July 1886 Christchurch, New Zealand
Died	14 October 1968(1968-10-14) (aged 82) Auckland, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm slow
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1905-06 to 1908-09	Canterbury
1909-10 to 1930-31	Auckland
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

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]

See also

• List of Auckland representative cricketers

References

External links

• Arnold Anthony at ESPNcricinfo

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