Arthur Coningham (cricketer)

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Arthur Coningham Australia (AUS)

Batting style	Left-hand bat
Bowling type	Left-arm fast-medium
	Tests	First-class
Matches	1	35
Runs scored	13	896
Batting average	6.50	15.71
100s/50s	0/0	1/2
Top score	10	151
Balls bowled	186
Wickets	2	112
Bowling average	38.00	23.24
5 wickets in innings	0	7
10 wickets in match	0	0
Best bowling	2/17	6/38
Catches/stumpings	0/0	28/0
Test debut: 29 December 1894 Last Test: 29 December 1894 Source: Cricinfo

This article is about the Australian cricketer. For the Royal Air Force officer, see Arthur Coningham (RAF officer).

Arthur Coningham (born July 14, 1863, Emerald Hill, Victoria. died June 13, 1939, Gladesville, New South Wales) was an Australian cricketer who played in one Ashes Test in Melbourne in 1894 in which he took a wicket with his first ball. He took 2 for 17 in England's first innings but failed to add to that tally in the second.

He was renowned as something of a joker. In an effort to stay warm while fielding in a tour match in 1897 at a frigid Blackpool he gathered straw and twigs and started a fire on the outfield

He found life difficult after he retired from the game, serving time in jail for fraud and died in an asylum. He was involved in a famous scandal in 1899 when he sued his wife for divorce on the basis of her adultery with a Roman Catholic priest.^[1]