| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arthur Maitland Byng | |||
| Born | 26 October 1872 Southsea, Hampshire, England |
|||
| Died | 14 September 1914 (aged 41) Vailly, Aube, France |
|||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1905 | Hampshire | |||
| 1896/1897 | Jamaica | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | FC | |||
| Matches | 8 | |||
| Runs scored | 252 | |||
| Batting average | 16.80 | |||
| 100s/50s | –/1 | |||
| Top score | 70 | |||
| Balls bowled | 286 | |||
| Wickets | 7 | |||
| Bowling average | 24.00 | |||
| 5 wickets in innings | – | |||
| 10 wickets in match | – | |||
| Best bowling | 3/53 | |||
| Catches/stumpings | 8/– | |||
| Source: Cricinfo, 10 December 2009 | ||||
Arthur Maitland Byng (26 October 1872 – 14 September 1914) was an English cricketer who was a right-handed batsman.
Byng represented Jamaica in five first-class matches in the 1896/97 Jamaican season, making his debut against British Guiana. His final game for Jamaica came against AA Priestley's XI.
Upon returning to England Byng joined Hampshire in three first-class matches, making his debut for the club against Kent. Byng would play two more games for the club against Warwickshire and Northamptonshire.
Outside of first-class cricket Byng was a well known club cricketer. In 1905 playing for Hampshire Hogs against the Royal Navy, Bygn scored 204 runs in partnership with D. A. Steele; the two put on 335 runs for the first wicket. He was also known as a batsman for the Army.
Bygn served in the First World War, where as a Captain in the Royal Fusiliers he was stationed on the Western Front. On 14 September 1914 Bygn was killed in action near the French village of Vailly.