Country: | Wales |
Fullname: | Trevor Arnott |
Birth Date: | 16 February 1902 |
Birth Place: | Radyr, Glamorgan, Wales |
Death Place: | Wilton, Herefordshire, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm fast-medium |
Club1: | Monmouthshire |
Year1: | 1931–1934 |
Club2: | Marylebone Cricket Club |
Year2: | 1931–1934/35 |
Club3: | Wales |
Year3: | 1924–1930 |
Club4: | Glamorgan |
Year4: | 1921–1930 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 216 |
Runs1: | 5,791 |
Bat Avg1: | 17.03 |
100S/50S1: | 3/22 |
Top Score1: | 153 |
Deliveries1: | 25,844 |
Wickets1: | 408 |
Bowl Avg1: | 33.11 |
Fivefor1: | 10 |
Tenfor1: | – |
Best Bowling1: | 7/40 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 103/– |
Date: | 28 October |
Year: | 2012 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/8568.html Cricinfo |
Trevor Arnott (16 February 1902 – 2 February 1975) was a Welsh cricketer who played first-class cricket as an amateur from 1921 to 1935.
Arnott was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Radyr, Glamorgan, and attended Monmouth School.[1] He captained Glamorgan County Cricket Club in 1928, but was not successful, the county winning only two of their 26 County Championship matches amid disharmony on and off the field.[1] [2]
During the 1928 season he hit his highest score, 153 against Essex.[3] He took his best bowling figures of 7 for 40 when Glamorgan beat the West Indian touring team in 1923.[4] He toured Jamaica with Lord Tennyson's team in 1926–27 and 1927–28.[5]
He is buried is in the churchyard at St Peter's Church, Dixton.[6]