Arnold Long
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| Full name | Arnold Long | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
18 December 1940 Cheam, Surrey, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1976–1980 | Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1963–1973 | Marylebone Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1960–1975 | Surrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 20 July 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arnold "Ob" Long (born 18 December 1940 in Cheam) is a former English first-class cricketer. He played for Surrey between 1960 and 1975, then spent the remainder of his career at Sussex, whom he captained between 1978 and 1980. A wicketkeeper and left-handed batsman, Long claimed 1046 victims from his 452 games over a 20-year career. Of these, 805 were for Surrey between 1960 and 1975, putting him third in the county's all-time wicketkeeping records. In 1962 he took 74 catches, and made 91 dismissals in all, both of which are Surrey records for one season. He was a member of the Surrey side that won the County Championship in 1971..
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| Preceded by Tony Greig |
Sussex county cricket captain 1978–1980 |
Succeeded by John Barclay |