Arthur Sims

Arthur Sims
Personal information
Full name Sir Arthur Sims
Born 27 July 1877(1877-07-27)
Spridlington, Lincolnshire, England
Died 27 April 1969(1969-04-27) (aged 91)
East Hoathly, Sussex, England
Batting style Right-handed
Role Batsman
Domestic team information
Years Team
1896/97–1912/13 Canterbury
First-class debut 8 January 1897 Canterbury v Queensland
Last First-class 27 March 1914 Australia v New Zealand
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 53
Runs scored 2182
Batting average 26.28
100s/50s 2/8
Top score 184*
Balls bowled 730
Wickets 19
Bowling average 21.52
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 5/36
Catches/stumpings 51/0
Source: CricketArchive, 13 October 2011

Sir Arthur Sims (27 July 1877 – 27 April 1969) was a New Zealand first class cricketer who played for Canterbury. He was born in Lincolnshire, England but played his cricket in New Zealand and on occasions for Australia. In 1913/14 he captained an Australian XI, putting on 433 runs for the 8th wicket with Victor Trumper. It was, and still is, the world record for that wicket in first class cricket.

He was knighted in the 1950 New Year Honours "[f]or services to medicine and education in the British Commonwealth."[1][2]

He founded the Sir Arthur Sims Scholarship for graduates of Australian[3] and Canadian[4] Universities to study in the United Kingdom.

References

  1. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 38797. p. 2. 30 December 1949. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
  2. ^ London Gazette: no. 38963. p. 3511. 7 July 1950. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
  3. ^ http://www.unimelb.edu.au/unisec/utr/pdf/utr6080.pdf
  4. ^ http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/1998-99/special/05/112.html

References