| Dick Staples | |
| Fullname: | Arthur Staples |
| Nickname: | Dick |
| Birth Date: | 8 January 1878 |
| Birth Place: | Wellington, New Zealand |
| Death Place: | Wellington, New Zealand |
| Role: | Batsman |
| Club1: | Wellington |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 4 |
| Runs1: | 221 |
| Bat Avg1: | 31.57 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/2 |
| Top Score1: | 78 |
| Deliveries1: | 186 |
| Wickets1: | 5 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 16.20 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 3/48 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/– |
| Date: | 15 December 2023 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/38551.html Cricinfo |
Arthur "Dick" Staples (8 January 1878 – 13 August 1954) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in four first-class matches for Wellington from 1901 to 1904.[1] [2]
Staples was born in Wellington. He attended Wellington College and worked in Wellington as a bootmaker.[3]
Staples had a reputation in Wellington cricket as a "stonewaller" – an unadventurous, careful batsman.[4] [5] He was Wellington's most successful batsman on their short northern tour of December 1903. He was their top scorer in the first match, a loss to Hawke's Bay, when he opened in the first innings and scored 78 in four and a half hours; in the second innings he went in at number six and made 31 not out.[6] [7] He was the highest scorer on either side in the second match, when Wellington defeated Auckland, making 67 in three and three-quarter hours in the first innings.[8] [9] With 212 runs at an average of 42.40, he was the third-highest run-getter in the New Zealand season.[10] However, he played no further first-class matches.