| Arthur Powys | |
| Fullname: | Arthur Littleton Powys |
| Birth Date: | 17 October 1842 |
| Birth Place: | Thrapston, Northamptonshire, England |
| Death Place: | Alexandra Colony, Santa Fe Province, Argentina |
| Family: | Richard Powys (brother) Walter Powys (brother) |
| Club1: | Canterbury |
| Year1: | 1863-64 to 1867-68 |
| Date: | 20 October 2020 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/38212.html Cricinfo |
Arthur Powys (17 October 1842 - 8 October 1875) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in four first-class matches for Canterbury from 1863 to 1868.[1]
Powys was born in Northamptonshire. He took the first catch in New Zealand first-class cricket in the match against Otago in January 1864 when he caught Charles Morris off the bowling of John Stevens for 1.[2] [3] [4] A useful slow bowler and wicket-keeper, he captained Canterbury several times before returning to England in 1868.[5] His brother Richard also played for Canterbury in the 1860s.
Powys was the first farmer in the Canterbury region to use steam-powered machinery. He imported the machinery from England in 1866 to use on his farm at Waipara, north of Christchurch.[6]
Powys died in Argentina, where he was one of the settlers in the Alexandra Colony in Santa Fe Province in the 1870s.[7] [8] He died on 8 October 1875, one of a number of the colonists who were killed by the local indigenous inhabitants.[9]