| Arthur Poole | |
| Fullname: | Arthur Valentine Poole |
| Birth Date: | 28 April 1878 |
| Birth Place: | Aston, Warwickshire, England |
| Death Place: | Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand |
| Club1: | Southland |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 6 |
| Runs1: | 223 |
| Bat Avg1: | 20.27 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/1 |
| Top Score1: | 77 |
| Deliveries1: | 274 |
| Wickets1: | 7 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 21.85 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 4/104 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 3/– |
| Date: | 6 April 2017 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/38203.html Cricinfo |
Arthur Valentine Poole (28 April 1878 – 11 April 1955) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Southland from the 1914–15 season until 1920–21.
A middle-order batsman and occasional bowler, Arthur Poole played in six of the eight matches Southland played in their brief period as a first-class team. He made their highest-ever score, 77 in the first innings against Otago in 1914–15, as well as top-scoring with 38 in the second innings.[1] In the first innings he hit two sixes and 11 fours and reached his 50 in 40 minutes.[2] He also top-scored for Southland with 24 in their last first-class match, against the touring Australians in 1920–21.[3]
Poole's matches for Southland in non-first-class cricket extended from the match against Lord Hawke's XI in 1902–03 to the match against the touring Australians in 1927–28 just before he turned 50.
Poole was a timber merchant and managed a sawmilling company.[4] [5] He married Ella Maude Sheppard at St John's Church in Invercargill on 12 November 1902.[6]