Arthur Fenton | |
Birth Date: | 27 February 1870 |
Birth Place: | Tarnagulla, Victoria, Australia |
Death Place: | Melbourne, Australia |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm off-spin |
Club1: | Victoria |
Year1: | 1895-96 |
Club2: | Hawke's Bay |
Year2: | 1903-04 to 1910-11 |
Club3: | Wellington |
Year3: | 1911-12 to 1914-15 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 14 |
Runs1: | 195 |
Bat Avg1: | 8.12 |
100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
Top Score1: | 39 |
Deliveries1: | 2268 |
Wickets1: | 50 |
Bowl Avg1: | 25.08 |
Fivefor1: | 2 |
Tenfor1: | 0 |
Best Bowling1: | 6/41 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 6/– |
Date: | 28 August 2018 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/5288.html Cricinfo |
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.[1]
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.[2] [3] His best bowling performances were 5 for 78 for Hawke's Bay against Auckland in 1904-05[4] and 6 for 41 and 3 for 91 against Otago in 1908-09.[5] 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.[6] [7] He carried out drainage works that made a great improvement to the condition of the ground in wet weather.[8] 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.[9]
He returned to Australia in 1920.[10] [11] He died in 1950 in Melbourne, where he lived in Power Street, Hawthorn, with his wife Charlotte.[12]