Arthur Kimish | |
Country: | England |
Fullname: | Arthur Edwards Kimish |
Birth Date: | 5 July 1917 |
Birth Place: | Southampton, Hampshire, England |
Death Date: | May 2001 (aged 83) |
Death Place: | Warwickshire, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Family: | Wicket-keeper |
Club1: | Hampshire |
Year1: | 1946 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 3 |
Runs1: | 18 |
Bat Avg1: | 6.00 |
100S/50S1: | –/– |
Top Score1: | 12 |
Hidedeliveries: | true |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 3/3 |
Date: | 30 December |
Year: | 2009 |
Source: | http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/15885.html Cricinfo |
Arthur Edwards Kimish (5 July 1917 — May 2001) was an English first-class cricketer.
Kimish was born at Southampton in July 1917, and was educated there at Taunton's College.[1] A wicket-keeper, he played club cricket for Old Tauntonians,[2] Kimish made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Leicestershire at Bournemouth in the 1946 County Championship, having been called into the Hampshire side as a replacement for their regular wicket-keeper Neil McCorkell.[1] He made a further two first-class appearances for Hampshire in 1946, both in the County Championship against Lancashire and Surrey.[3] In his three appearances, he scored 18 runs and took three catches and stumpings apiece.[4]
He later moved to Birmingham in the 1960s, where he worked as a manager.[5] Kimish died in Warwickshire in May 2001.