Arthur Lomas Explained

Arthur Lomas
Fullname:Arthur Leslie Lomas
Birth Date:13 February 1895
Birth Place:Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Death Place:Wellington, New Zealand
Club1:Otago
Year1:1919/20
Date:15 May
Year:2016
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37668.html ESPNcricinfo

Arthur Leslie Lomas (13 February 1895  - 11 February 1924) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played one first-class match for Otago during the 1919–20 season.[1]

Lomas was born at Dunedin in 1895 and worked as a draftsman and architect.[2] His only first-class match came against Southland in March 1920. Lomas scored 39 runs in his first innings and two in his second.[3]

Whilst serving in France with the New Zealand Field Artillery during the First World War, Lomas was gassed, which permanently damaged his health and eventually caused his death at the age in 1924 at the age of 28. At the time of his death he was working for the Lands and Survey Department in Wellington.[2] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Arthur Lomas . 15 May 2016 . ESPNCricinfo.
  2. McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 81. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
  3. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/22/22320/22320.html Arthur Lomas
  4. Obituary . Press . 14 February 1924 . 16 .