Arnold Gedye

{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}}

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{{Use New Zealand English|date=October 2020}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Arnold Gedye

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| fullname = Arnold Ernest Gedye

| birth_date = {{birth date|1887|2|23|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand

| death_date = {{death date and age|1976|12|31|1887|2|23|df=yes}}

| death_place = Auckland, New Zealand

| family = Graham Gedye (son)

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| club1 = Wellington

| year1 = 1919/20

| date = 24 October

| year = 2020

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37141.html Cricinfo

}}

Arnold Ernest Gedye (23 February 1887 – 31 December 1976) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in two first-class matches for Wellington during the 1919–20 season.[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37141.html Arnold Gedye], CricInfo. Retrieved 24 October 2020. His son Graham Gedye played Test cricket for New Zealand in the 1960s.In fathers' footsteps, The Press, volume CIII, issue 30339, 15 January 1964, p. 17. ([https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19640115.2.175 Available online] at Papers Past. Retrieved 6 October 2024.)

Gedye was born at Auckland in 1887McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 55. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. {{isbn|978 1 905138 98 2}} ([https://archive.acscricket.com/cricketers_series/new_zealand_cricketers_1863-64_2010/index.html Available online] at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.) and played cricket in the city for Parnell Cricket Club where he was considered a promising batsman.Cricket, Free Lance, volume XIX, issue 1006, 15 October 1919, p. 25. ([https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZFL19191015.2.42.1 Available online] at Papers Past. Retrieved 6 October 2024.) He worked for the New Zealand Railways Department and was transferred to the Wellington area in 1919.Senior competition, The Evening Post, volume XCVIII, issue 112, 8 November 1919, p. 12. ([https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19191108.2.137.1 Available online] at Papers Past. Retrieved 6 October 2024.) In Wellington he played club cricket for Petone Cricket Club and played in two first-class matches in January 1920. On debut against Canterbury at the Basin Reserve he made scores of one and 17, before scoring three and eight against Auckland at Eden Park later in the month.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/21/21943/21943.html Arnold Gedye], CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 October 2024. {{subscription}}

After moving back to Auckland during the 1920s, Gedye played club cricket for Ellerslie, scoring a double century in league cricket during the 1926–27 season.Cricket, The Press, volume LXIII, issue 18919, 7 February 1927, p. 14. ([https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19270207.2.134 Available online] at Papers Past. Retrieved 6 October 2024.) He died in the city in 1976 at the age of 89.