Arthur Fagg

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Arthur Fagg England (ENG)
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type	Right-arm medium
	Tests	First-class
Matches	5	435
Runs scored	150	27291
Batting average	18.75	36.05
100s/50s	-/-	58/128
Top score	39	269*
Balls bowled	-	72
Wickets	-	-
Bowling average	-	-
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	-
Best bowling	-	-
Catches/stumpings	5/-	425/7
Test debut: 13 July 1967 Last Test: 14 August 1975 Source: [1]

Arthur Edward Fagg (born June 18, 1915 in Chartham, Kent, died September 13, 1977 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent) was a cricketer who played for Kent and England.

A right-handed opening batsman who first played for Kent at the age of 17, Fagg was a Test match player at 21 against India in 1936. But he caught rheumatic fever on the tour of Australia the following winter, and missed the whole of the 1937 season.

The evidence was strong in 1938 that Fagg was back to his best form, and he set a world record that has not so far been equalled playing for Kent against Essex at Colchester, scoring 244 in the first innings and an undefeated 202 in the second innings. But 1938 was a year of record-breaking and the young Leonard Hutton cemented his place as England's first choice opener with his 364 against the Australians at The Oval.

Fagg played only one more Test, though he remained a consistent scorer in county cricket until the mid 1950s. In all, he scored 58 centuries and more than 25,000 runs.

After retirement, he became a well-known cricket umpire, officiating in many Test matches. He created a sensation at Edgbaston in 1973 by refusing to take the field after the West Indies team disputed one of his decisions.