Arthur Whatman, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Arthur Whatman

English cricketer

Date of Birth: 13-Feb-1873

Date of Death: 28-May-1965

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Arthur Dunbar Whatman (13 February 1873 – 28 May 1965) was an English cricketer of the early twentieth century who played as a wicketkeeper for Suffolk County Cricket Club, a non-first-class team that is one of the minor counties of English cricket.
His first-class experience came from representative team tours to New Zealand and the West Indies, in which he played twenty-six games, score 394 runs at a batting average of 14.07, taking 21 catches and executing nine stumpings.
He had a prominent involvement in a dispute involving Bernard Bosanquet and a disagreement over an umpiring decision during a match against Canterbury during Lord Hawke's 1902-03 tour of New Zealand.He was born in Westcott, Surrey in 1873 and was educated at Windlesham House School, Brighton (1883-87), Eton College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
He served for a year as a civilian aide-de-camp to General Clements in the Second Boer War from December 1899.
Afterwards he was an underwriter at Lloyd's of London and saw additional service in World War I as a captain in both the Suffolk Regiment and The Buffs.He died in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk in 1965.