Alban Arnold, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Alban Arnold

English cricketer

Date of Birth: 19-Nov-1892

Place of Birth: Tattenhall, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 07-Jul-1916

Profession: military officer, cricketer

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Alban Arnold

  • Alban Charles Philias Arnold (19 November 1892 – 7 July 1916) was an English first-class cricketer.
  • Arnold was a right-handed batsman who played primarily as a wicketkeeper. Arnold was a son of the Reverend Charles Lowther Arnold, vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Fareham.
  • He was educated at Twyford School and Malvern College, then went up to Magdalene College, Cambridge in 1911.
  • He made his first-class debut for Cambridge University in 1912 against the touring South Africans.
  • That same year Arnold made his County Championship debut for Hampshire against Surrey.
  • Arnold represented Hampshire four times in the 1912 season, and in 1913 Arnold played a single first-class match for Hampshire against Cambridge University. In the 1914 English cricket season Arnold represented both Hampshire and Cambridge University.
  • While playing for Cambridge University in a match against the Marylebone Cricket Club, Arnold made his highest career score of 89.
  • In the 1914 County Championship Arnold played a number of good innings for Hampshire in the County Championship, making scores of 54 against Kent, 69 against Lancashire, 76 against Somerset and 51 against Warwickshire. Arnold's first-class career came to an end with the outbreak of the First World War.
  • Arnold was commissioned in the British Army with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Fusiliers.
  • Arnold was killed in action on 7 July 1916 at Ovillers-la-Boisselle in northern France during the Battle of the Somme.
  • He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.Wisden remarked on Arnold's promise by concluding: "He would probably have developed into a cricketer of very high class."

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