Arthur Conway (sportsman) explained

Arthur Conway
Country:England
Fullname:Arthur Joseph Conway
Birth Date:1 April 1885
Birth Place:Stirchley, Worcestershire, England
Death Place:South Shore, Blackpool, England
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm fast
Club1:Worcestershire
Year1:1910–1919
Columns:1
Column1:FC
Matches1:31
Runs1:165
Bat Avg1:4.34
100S/50S1:0/0
Top Score1:20
Deliveries1:3,084
Wickets1:57
Bowl Avg1:35.75
Fivefor1:2
Tenfor1:1
Best Bowling1:9/38
Catches/Stumpings1:6/0
Date:9 March
Year:2009
Source:https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28680/28680.html CricketArchive

Arthur Joseph Conway (1 April 1885 – 29 October 1954) was an English cricketer: a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast bowler (although his Wisden obituary says merely "rather more than medium pace"[1]) who played 29 times for Worcestershire (and twice for HK Foster's XI) between 1910 and 1919.

Conway took 54 wickets in his first-class career, of which 15 came in a single match in June 1914: playing for Worcestershire against Gloucestershire at Moreton-in-Marsh, he took 9/38 in the first innings and 6/49 in the second for match figures of 15/87;[2] as of March 2009 this remains the best match analysis for the county.[3]

A poor batsman, Conway scored just 165 runs in 52 innings (batting average 4.34), with a highest score of only 20 not out. He acted as scorer at least once, for Worcestershire's game against Warwickshire at Dudley in 1913. On this occasion the other scorer was Chicko Austin, who scored in almost 500 first-class games.[4]

Conway also played football for Aston Villa and Wolves.

He was born in Stirchley, which at that time lay in Worcestershire; he died at the age of 69 in South Shore, Blackpool, Lancashire.

Notes and References

  1. Obituary. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1955.
  2. Web site: subscription . Gloucestershire v Worcestershire in 1914 . 9 March 2009 . CricketArchive.
  3. Web site: subscription . Worcestershire First-Class Bowling Records . 9 March 2009 . CricketArchive . 1 October 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071001132119/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Worcestershire/Records/Firstclass/Bowling_Records/Best_Match_Bowling_For.html . dead .
  4. Web site: subscription . Worcestershire v Warwickshire in 1913 . 9 March 2009 . CricketArchive.