Arthur Fenton (cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Tarnagulla, Victoria, Australia
About Arthur Fenton (cricketer)
- Arthur Fenton (27 February 1870 – 20 May 1950) was an Australian cricketer.
- He played one first-class cricket match for Victoria in 1896, and after moving to New Zealand in 1903 he played for Hawke's Bay and Wellington.An off-spin bowler, useful tail-end batsman and brilliant fielder, Fenton played club cricket in Melbourne and Sydney before being engaged as a professional coach by the Hawke's Bay Cricket Association in late 1903.
- His best bowling performances were 5 for 78 for Hawke's Bay against Auckland in 1904-05 and 6 for 41 and 3 for 91 against Otago in 1908-09.
- As well as coaching, he was the caretaker at the Napier Recreation Ground. He left Hawke's Bay in late 1911 to take up a groundsman's position at Athletic Park rugby ground in Wellington.
- He carried out drainage works that made a great improvement to the condition of the ground in wet weather.
- Playing for the University club in Wellington senior cricket, he took three hat-tricks during the 1916-17 season, and finished with 44 wickets at an average of 11.22.He returned to Australia in 1920.
- He died in 1950 in Melbourne, where he lived in Power Street, Hawthorn, with his wife Charlotte.
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