Arthur Jewell

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Major Arthur North Jewell (15 April 1888 - 8 September 1922) was an English cricketer: a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who played 29 first-class matches between 1910-11 and 1920.

Born in Iquique, Chile Jewell first appeared in first-class cricket in South Africa, when he played five games for Orange Free State in the Currie Cup in the space of less than a fortnight in March 1911. He made his debut on the 11th against Transvaal; this match also saw the first-class debut of Arthur's brother John. Arthur, batting at three in each innings, made only 0 and 3 and claimed a single catch, to dismiss Maurice Luckin. His highest score that season was 34, made against Eastern Province in what proved to be his last appearance for eight years.

In 1919 Jewell finally played first-class cricket again, when he opened the batting for Worcestershire against HK Foster's XI, making 3 and 46; two days later he appeared for Foster's side in a friendly game against the Australian Imperial Forces. Against Somerset three days later still, he kept wicket for the first time, in place of Ernest Bale. In August of that year Jewell made the first (and highest) of his three centuries, hitting 128 for Worcestershire in another match against Foster's team.

1920 saw Jewell score another two hundreds, and enjoy his most successful summer behind the stumps with 21 victims, 13 of them caught and eight stumped. The Worcestershire side that year was captained by Arthur's brother Maurice. That season Arthur was also chosen for the Gentlemen v Players game, in which he opened the batting for the Gentlemen as well as keeping wicket. He achieved little in the game, scoring 3 and 0 and taking one catch to dismiss Patsy Hendren. For Worcestershire he played on until the end of the season, his final appearance coming in late August against Lancashire and his last dismissal being that of Lancashire captain and former England Test player Jack Sharp.

Jewell played no more first-class cricket, and after a long illness^[1] he died at Selsey, Sussex at the early age of 34.

Three of Jewell's relatives played first-class cricket. Two brothers, John and Maurice, have already been mentioned in the text; the other was his nephew, also named John, who played twice for Worcestershire in 1939.