Johnny Arnold Explained

Johnny Arnold
Country:England
Fullname:John Arnold
Birth Date:30 November 1907
Birth Place:Cowley, Oxfordshire, England
Death Place:Southampton, Hampshire, England
Height:5 ft 7 in[1]
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm slow
Onetest:true
International:true
Testdebutdate:27 June
Testdebutyear:1931
Testdebutagainst:New Zealand
Testcap:259
Club1:Hampshire
Year1:1929–1950
Columns:2
Column1:Test
Matches1:1
Runs1:34
Bat Avg1:17.00
100S/50S1:–/–
Top Score1:34
Deliveries1:
Wickets1:
Bowl Avg1:
Fivefor1:
Tenfor1:
Best Bowling1:
Catches/Stumpings1:–/–
Column2:FC
Matches2:402
Runs2:21,831
Bat Avg2:32.82
100S/50S2:37/117
Top Score2:227
Deliveries2:1,489
Wickets2:17
Bowl Avg2:69.52
Fivefor2:
Tenfor2:
Best Bowling2:3/34
Catches/Stumpings2:184/–
Date:10 May
Year:2010
Source:http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/8567.html Cricinfo

John Arnold (30 November 1907 – 4 April 1984) was an English cricketer and football player.[2] [3] [4] He is one of only thirteen professional football and cricket players for England.

Cricket career

John Arnold was an attacking opening batsman for Hampshire for 20 years from 1930, when he qualified by residence, having previously played Minor Counties cricket for Oxfordshire. He scored 1,000 runs in his first full first-class season and missed out on that feat only once in his career. In 1934, he scored 2,261 runs at an average of 48 runs per innings, the only time he passed 2,000 runs in a season. His one poor season, in 1938, led to him not being re-engaged by Hampshire, but the county had second thoughts and he returned for the 1939 season and for five more seasons after the Second World War. He fell ill during the 1950 season, and retired without playing again. He was a first-class umpire for 14 seasons from 1961.

Arnold played only one Test match: with Fred Bakewell, he formed an experimental opening partnership for England against New Zealand at Lord's in 1931, following the retirement from Test cricket of Jack Hobbs and injury to Herbert Sutcliffe. The move was not a success. Arnold was out for 0 in the first innings, and though he scored 34 in the second, he was replaced by the returning Sutcliffe for the second Test. He did not play Test cricket again.

Football career

Johnny Arnold
Fullname:John Arnold
Birth Date:30 November 1907
Birth Place:Cowley, Oxfordshire, England
Death Place:Southampton, Hampshire, England
Height:5 ft 7 in
Position:Outside left
Clubs1:Oxford City
Years2:1928–1933
Clubs2:Southampton
Caps2:106
Goals2:46
Clubs3:Fulham
Caps3:213
Goals3:57
Nationalyears1:1933
Nationalteam1:England
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:0

Arnold also played football for Oxford City, Southampton, and Fulham[5] and won one international cap for England in 1932–33.[6] His cap came in the Home International game against Scotland in Glasgow, which Scotland won 2–1.[7] The English scorer was George Hunt of Tottenham Hotspur. Arnold played at outside left.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Fulham. Cox is just what Fulham needed . Sunday Dispatch Football Guide . London . 23 August 1936 . vi . Newspapers.com.
  2. http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62595.html England v New Zealand, 1st Test, 1931
  3. Web site: Johnny Arnold . 2022-08-09 . Wisden . en-GB.
  4. Web site: England Players - Johnny Arnold . 2022-08-09 . www.englandfootballonline.com.
  5. Book: Holley . Duncan . Chalk. Gary. The Alphabet of the Saints. ACL & Polar Publishing . 1992. 16. 0-9514862-3-3.
  6. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Articles/0/198.html Profile of John Arnold
  7. http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersA/BioArnoldJ.html England Players - Johnny Arnold