Arthur McIntyre

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Arthur McIntyre England (ENG)

Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type	Legbreak
	Tests	First-class
Matches	3	390
Runs scored	19	11145
Batting average	3.16	22.83
100s/50s	-/-	7/51
Top score	7	143*
Balls bowled	-	287
Wickets	-	4
Bowling average	-	45.00
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	-
Best bowling	-	1/10
Catches/stumpings	8/-	638/157
Test debut: 12 August 1950 Last Test: 21 July 1955 Source: [1]

Arthur John William McIntyre (born May 14, 1918) is a former English cricketer. He was an integral part of the Surrey side that won the County Championship in every season from 1952 to 1958 inclusive, and played in 3 Tests for the English cricket team, two in 1950 and one in 1955.

He was born in Kennington, London, within a quarter of a mile of The Oval. He was educated at Kennington Road School, and played cricket as wicket-keeper for London Schools alongside Denis Compton. After a short period outside cricket after leaving school, he joined the ground staff at the Oval in 1936, and made his debut in first-class cricket for Surrey in 1938, originally as all-rounder batsman and leg-spinner.

In the Second World War, he served in the Army in North Africa, and was wounded in the Anzio landings, ending as a sergeant in the APTC. After the war, he successfully filled in for Surrey as an emergency wicketkeeper, and took over the position permanently from Gerald Mobey when he retired in 1946. In addition to his excellent wicket-keeping, he was a strong first-class batsman, and passed 1,000 runs on three occasions. However, he was kept out of the England cricket team by Godfrey Evans. He made his Test debut alongside David Sheppard and Malcolm Hilton in the 4th Test against the West Indies at The Oval in 1950, when Evans was incapacitated with a broken thumb. He toured to Australia and New Zealand with the MCC that winter, and played a second Test match in the 1st Test against Australia at Brisbane in December 1950 as a batsman, with Evans keeping wicket. He played his third and last Test in the 4th Test against South Africa at Headingley in 1955, his benefit season, when Evans was again injured. Evans was still not available for the 5th Test, but McIntyre was also not able to play. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1958.

He retired from regular first-class cricket after the 1958 season and became Surrey's coach, a position he held until the end of the 1976 season. He made a few first-class appearances while coach when the usual wicketkeeper was injured or unavailable: six in 1959, two in 1960 and two in 1963.

Following the death of Ken Cranston on January 9, 2007, he became England's oldest living former Test cricketer.