Arthur Sims
Arthur Sims in 1910
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| Full name | Sir Arthur Sims | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 July 1877 Spridlington, Lincolnshire, England |
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| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. East Hoathly, Sussex, England |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1896/97–1912/13 | Canterbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 8 January 1897 Canterbury v Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 27 March 1914 Australia v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricketArchive, 13 October 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sir Arthur Sims (27 July 1877 – 27 April 1969) was a New Zealand first-class cricketer who played for Canterbury. He was born in Lincolnshire, England, but played his cricket in New Zealand and, in 1914, for Australia. In 1913-14 he captained an Australian XI in New Zealand, putting on 433 runs for the 8th wicket in 181 minutes with Victor Trumper in the match against Canterbury,[1] which remains the world record for that wicket in first-class cricket.
He was knighted in the 1950 New Year Honours "[f]or services to medicine and education in the British Commonwealth."[2][3]
He founded the Sir Arthur Sims Scholarship for graduates of Australian[4] and Canadian[5] Universities to study in the United Kingdom.
A biography, 84 Not Out: The Story of Sir Arthur Sims, Kt. by Alan Mitchell, was published in 1962.
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 38797. p. 2. 30 December 1949. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 38963. p. 3511. 7 July 1950. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
- ↑ http://www.unimelb.edu.au/unisec/utr/pdf/utr6080.pdf
- ↑ http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/1998-99/special/05/112.html
External links
- "Sir Arthur Sims—Businessman and sportsman" (Obituaries). The Times (London). 29 April 1969. (57547), col G,
- Player profile: Arthur Sims from ESPNcricinfo
- Arthur Sims at Cricket Archive
