Arthur Conway (sportsman)

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Arthur Conway
Personal information
Full nameArthur Joseph Conway
Born(1885-04-01)1 April 1885
Stirchley, Worcestershire, England
Died29 October 1954(1954-10-29) (aged 69)
South Shore, Blackpool, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1910–1919Worcestershire
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 31
Runs scored 165
Batting average 4.34
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 20*
Balls bowled 3,084
Wickets 57
Bowling average 35.75
5 wickets in innings 2
10 wickets in match 1
Best bowling 9/38
Catches/stumpings 6/0
Source: CricketArchive, 9 March 2009

Arthur Joseph Conway (1 April 1885 – 29 October 1954) was an English cricketer: a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast bowler (although his Wisden obituary says merely "rather more than medium pace" [1]) who played 29 times for Worcestershire (and twice for HK Foster's XI) between 1910 and 1919.

Conway took 54 wickets in his first-class career, of which 15 came in a single match in June 1914: playing for Worcestershire against Gloucestershire at Moreton-in-Marsh, he took 9/38 in the first innings and 6/49 in the second for match figures of 15/87;[2] as of March 2009 this remains the best match analysis for the county.[3]

A poor batsman, Conway scored just 165 runs in 52 innings (batting average 4.34), with a highest score of only 20 not out. He acted as scorer at least once, for Worcestershire's game against Warwickshire at Dudley in 1913. On this occasion the other scorer was , who scored in almost 500 first-class games.[4]

Conway also played football for Aston Villa and Wolves.[1]

He was born in Stirchley, which at that time lay in Worcestershire; he died at the age of 69 in South Shore, Blackpool, Lancashire.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Obituary. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1955.
  2. ^ "Gloucestershire v Worcestershire in 1914". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
  3. ^ "Worcestershire First-Class Bowling Records". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
  4. ^ "Worcestershire v Warwickshire in 1913". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2009.

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