Arnold Warren Explained

Arnold Warren
Birth Date:2 April 1875
Birth Place:Codnor, Derbyshire, England
Death Place:Codnor, Derbyshire, England
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm fast
International:true
Onetest:true
Country:England
Testdebutdate:3 July
Testdebutyear:1905
Testdebutagainst:Australia
Testcap:143
Columns:2
Column1:Test
Matches1:1
Runs1:7
Bat Avg1:7.00
100S/50S1:0/0
Top Score1:7
Deliveries1:236
Wickets1:6
Bowl Avg1:18.83
Fivefor1:1
Tenfor1:0
Best Bowling1:5/57
Catches/Stumpings1:1/–
Column2:First-class
Matches2:255
Runs2:5,507
Bat Avg2:13.73
100S/50S2:1/11
Top Score2:123
Deliveries2:42,942
Wickets2:939
Bowl Avg2:24.55
Fivefor2:72
Tenfor2:15
Best Bowling2:8/69
Catches/Stumpings2:195/–
Date:26 April
Year:2010
Source:https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/281/281.html CricketArchive

Arnold Warren (2 April 1875 – 3 September 1951) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1897 and 1920 and played for England in 1905. He was the first bowler from Derbyshire to take 100 wickets in a season, a feat he performed three times.

Cricket career

He made his debut for Derbyshire against Lancashire in May 1897. During his time at Derbyshire, he was partnered by Billy Bestwick in a dangerous fast-bowling partnership that never gained much reward because they had very small totals to bowl at. Though rarely judged a better bowler than Bestwick, it was owing to his superiority as a batsman and fieldsman that Warren gained the pair's only England cap against Australia at Headingley in 1905.

He played in the Headingley (Leeds) Ashes Test of 1905. A very tall, right-arm fast bowler who operated off a long, bounding approach, he took 5 for 57 in the first innings of a drawn match.[1] Although he dismissed the cream of Australia's batting, taking the prized wicket of Victor Trumper in both innings, he was not selected again.

In 1910, when playing against Warwickshire at Blackwell Warren scored 123 in less than three hours in a ninth-wicket stand of 283 with John Chapman. This remains a world record in all first-class cricket.

Football career

Clubs1:Heanor Town
Clubs2:Ripley Athletic
Years3:1899
Clubs3:Glossop
Caps3:0
Goals3:0
Clubs5:Ripley Athletic
Years6:1901
Clubs6:Derby County
Caps6:8
Goals6:2
Years7:1902–1903
Clubs7:Brentford
Caps7:15
Goals7:2
Clubs8:Ripley Athletic

Warren played as an outside right in the Football League for Derby County and in the Southern League for Brentford in the early 1900s.[2] [3] [4] He also played non-league football for Heanor Town and Ripley Athletic. Warren's Brentford career ended when he was jailed for six months for causing an affray in a local pub.

First World War

Despite being 40 years old and not eligible to serve, Warren lied about his age and enlisted in the Royal Garrison Artillery during the First World War.[5] He suffered upper body wounds from a shell blast in France in 1917 and was discharged in February 1919, three months after the armistice. Warren reached the rank of lance bombardier.

Personal life

Warren was born in Codnor, Derbyshire, the son of John Warren, a builder, and his wife Mary. Warren died in his hometown at the age of 76.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 3rd Test: England v Australia at Leeds, Jul 3–5, 1905 . 18 December 2011 . espncricinfo.
  2. Book: Joyce, Michael. Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Tony Brown. 2012. 978-1905891610. Nottingham. 302.
  3. Book: Haynes, Graham. 1998. A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. 1-874427-57-7. 37–38.
  4. Book: 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. 1989. 0951526200. White. Eric. 357.
  5. Web site: Arnold Warren. www.codnor.info. 12 February 2016.