Arnie Sidebottom
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |
| Bowling type | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| Tests | First-class | |
| Matches | 1 | 228 |
| Runs scored | 2 | 4,508 |
| Batting average | 2.00 | 22.42 |
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 1/13 |
| Top score | 2 | 124 |
| Balls bowled | 112 | 30,657 |
| Wickets | 1 | 596 |
| Bowling average | 65.00 | 24.42 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 23 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 3 |
| Best bowling | 1/65 | 8/72 |
| Catches/stumpings | 0/0 | 63/0 |
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Test debut: 11 July 1985 |
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Arnold "Arnie" Sidebottom (born 1 April 1954 in Shawlands, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England) is a former cricketer who played for Yorkshire, who played one Test match for England.
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[edit] Football
Sidebottom started off as a professional footballer, playing as a central defender. He joined Manchester United as an amateur in January 1971, and turned professional in 1972. Although he was quite effective in the air, he was only an average footballer, and this was highlighted during his time in place of the injured Jim Holton during the 1974-75 season in the Second Division[1]. He did help United win the Second Division Championship in that season, but was soon transferred in January 1976 to Huddersfield Town, after making 20 appearances and scoring no goals for United [2]. He later played for Halifax as well.
In 2007 he was voted in at Number5 in The Times poll of the "50 Worst footballers (to grace the top division)."[3]
[edit] Cricket
Sidebottom switched to a cricketing career, and first played for Yorkshire in 1973, but did not win his cap till 1980. Test match cricket seemed to have passed him by when he went to South Africa as part of the rebel tour led by Graham Gooch in 1982, which also earned him a three-year Test ban. He also played for Orange Free State. After the ban ended, he was a surprise call up for the Trent Bridge Test in 1985, where he took 1 for 65 before limping off injured. His only wicket was that of Bob Holland. Sidebottom himself admitted that his Test selection came when he was past his prime [4].
He continued playing for Yorkshire until 1991 and then went into coaching. He finally left Yorkshire in 2003. His son, Ryan Sidebottom, is now an effective first class cricketer for Nottinghamshire, who has also represented England - in both Test and one day cricket.
He now coaches football and cricket to pupils at Woodhouse Grove School, West Yorkshire.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Ponting, Ivan (1999). The Red Army: Four Decades of Player Profiles. London: Hamlyn, p. 97. ISBN 0-600-59681-8.
- ^ Player roll call. stretfordend.co.uk. Retrieved on 2007-06-03.
- ^ 50 worst footballers. The Times (July 4, 2007). Retrieved on 2008-01-06.
- ^ Cricinfo - Gene genie
