Arthur Sellers Explained

Arthur Sellers should not be confused with Arthur Sellers (Scottish cricketer).

Arthur Sellers
Birth Date:31 May 1870
Birth Place:Keighley, Yorkshire, England
Death Place:Keighley, Yorkshire, England
Batting:Right-handed
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:53
Runs1:1,852
Bat Avg1:19.91
100S/50S1:2/7
Top Score1:105
Deliveries1:220
Wickets1:2
Bowl Avg1:74.50
Fivefor1:0
Tenfor1:0
Best Bowling1:74.50
Catches/Stumpings1:47/–

Arthur Sellers (31 May 1870 – 25 September 1941) was an English amateur first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1890 to 1899,[1] and in other first-class matches for the North of England (1893) and Gentlemen of England (1895).

Born in Keighley, Yorkshire, Sellers, in 53 first-class games, scored 1,852 runs at 19.91, hitting two centuries against Middlesex and Somerset. Sellers took 47 catches and two wickets, at 74.50. Both victims came in a spell of 2 for 28 against Kent.

Sellers died in Keighley in September 1941.

His son, Brian Sellers, was Yorkshire captain from 1933 to 1947, and a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1940.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Warner, David . The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook . 2011 . 113th . Great Northern Books . Ilkley, Yorkshire . 978-1-905080-85-4 . 377 .