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Arthur Poole (cricketer, born 1878)

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Arthur Poole
Personal information
Full name
Arthur Valentine Poole
Born(1878-04-28)28 April 1878
Aston, Warwickshire, England
Died11 April 1955(1955-04-11) (aged 76)
Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1914/15–1920/21Southland
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 6
Runs scored 223
Batting average 20.27
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 77
Balls bowled 274
Wickets 7
Bowling average 21.85
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 4/104
Catches/stumpings 3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 6 April 2017

Arthur Valentine Poole (28 April 1878 – 11 April 1955) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Southland from the 1914–15 season until 1920–21.

A middle-order batsman and occasional bowler, Arthur Poole played in six of the eight matches Southland played in their brief period as a first-class team. He made their highest-ever score, 77 in the first innings against Otago in 1914–15, as well as top-scoring with 38 in the second innings.[1] In the first innings he hit two sixes and 11 fours and reached his 50 in 40 minutes.[2] He also top-scored for Southland with 24 in their last first-class match, against the touring Australians in 1920–21.[3]

Poole's matches for Southland in non-first-class cricket extended from the match against Lord Hawke's XI in 1902–03 to the match against the touring Australians in 1927–28 just before he turned 50.

Poole was a timber merchant and managed a sawmilling company.[4][5] He married Ella Maude Sheppard at St John's Church in Invercargill on 12 November 1902.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Otago v Southland 1914–15". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Southland v Otago. Southerners' Splendid Stand". Southland Times: 3. 3 April 1915.
  3. ^ "Southland v Australians 1920–21". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Supreme Court". Southland Times: 5. 22 February 1935.
  5. ^ "Magistrate's Court". Southland Times: 7. 3 September 1936.
  6. ^ "Marriage". Southland Times: 2. 8 December 1902.
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