Arthur Shrewsbury (cricketer, born 1874)

Arthur Shrewsbury (4 July 1874 – 6 October 1917) was an English cricketer. Shrewsbury was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Nottingham.

Arthur Shrewsbury

Personal information
Full name	Arthur Shrewsbury
Born	(1874-07-04)4 July 1874 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Died	6 October 1917(1917-10-06) (aged 43) Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Relations	William Shrewsbury (father), Arthur Shrewsbury (uncle)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1892	Nottinghamshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 3 Runs scored 63 Batting average 31.50 100s/50s –/– Top score 31* Balls bowled 70 Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 3 October 2010

Shrewsbury made his first-class debut for Nottinghamshire against Sussex in the 1892 County Championship. He played 2 further first-class matches for the county in 1892, which came against Gloucestershire and Somerset.^[1] In his 3 first-class matches, he scored 63 runs at a batting average of 31.50, with a high score of 31*. In the field he took a single catch.^[2]

He died in Nottingham on 6 October 1917 and was buried at All Hallows Church in Gedling.

Family

His father William played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire, as did his uncle Arthur who also played Test cricket for England.

References

1. First-Class Matches played by Arthur Shrewsbury
2. First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Arthur Shrewsbury

External links

• Arthur Shrewsbury at Cricinfo (paywall)
• Arthur Shrewsbury at CricketArchive