Arthur Sims

Arthur Sims

Arthur Sims in 1910
Personal information
Full name Sir Arthur Sims
Born (1877-07-27)27 July 1877
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
YearsTeam
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, in 1914, for Australia. In 1913-14 he captained an Australian XI in New Zealand, putting on 433 runs for the 8th wicket in 181 minutes with Victor Trumper in the match against Canterbury,[1] which remains 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."[2][3]

He founded the Sir Arthur Sims Scholarship for graduates of Australian[4] and Canadian[5] Universities to study in the United Kingdom.

A biography, 84 Not Out: The Story of Sir Arthur Sims, Kt. by Alan Mitchell, was published in 1962.

References

  1. ↑ "Canterbury v Australians 1913-14". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 38797. p. 2. 30 December 1949. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 38963. p. 3511. 7 July 1950. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
  4. ↑ http://www.unimelb.edu.au/unisec/utr/pdf/utr6080.pdf
  5. ↑ http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/1998-99/special/05/112.html

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