Arthur Henry Fawcett (16 September 1880 – 11 January 1957) was an English first-class cricketer and an officer in both the British Army and the British Indian Army.
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| Full name | Arthur Henry Fawcett | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 September 1880 Sculcoates, Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 January 1957 (aged 76) Stannington, Northumberland, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1917/18–1918/19 | Europeans | ||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 23 June 2019 | |||||||||||||||
Fawcett was born at Sculcoates near Kingston upon Hull in September 1880. He was commissioned into the King's Regiment in April 1914.[1] He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in June 1915.[2] By February 1916, he was seconded to the British Indian Army, serving as a lieutenant and then an acting captain.[3][4] He was promoted to the full rank of captain in June 1917, with precedence to June 1916.[5] While serving in British India, he made his debut in first-class cricket for the Europeans in December 1917 against the Parsees at Bombay in the 1917–18 Bombay Quadrangular. He appeared days later for a combined Europeans and Parsees cricket team against a combined Hindus and Muslims cricket team at Bombay.[6] He played two matches in the 1918–19 Bombay Quadrangular for the Europeans.[6] He resigned from the British Indian Army in May 1922 and returned to England.[7] He played first-class cricket shortly after his return, when he played for the Gentlemen in the 1922 Gentlemen v Players fixture at Scarborough, before appearing days later for C. I. Thornton's XI against the Marylebone Cricket Club South African Touring Team at the same venue.[6] Across his six first-class matches, Fawcett scored 29 with a high score of 9.[8] He died at Stannington in January 1957.
References
edit- ^ "No. 28836". The London Gazette. 2 June 1914. p. 4385.
- ^ "No. 29256". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 August 1915. p. 7858.
- ^ "No. 29568". The London Gazette. 5 May 1916. p. 4465.
- ^ "No. 30425". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 December 1917. p. 13044.
- ^ "No. 30115". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 June 1917. p. 5585.
- ^ a b c "First-Class Matches played by Arthur Fawcett". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ "No. 32768". The London Gazette. 17 November 1922. p. 8117.
- ^ "Player profile: Arthur Fawcett". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 June 2019.