Arnold Long

{{short description|English cricketer (born 1940)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2012}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| country = England

| fullname = Arnold Long

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1940|12|18|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Cheam, Surrey, England

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| batting = Left-handed

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| role = Wicket-keeper

| family =

| club1 = Sussex

| year1 = 1976–1980

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| club2 = Marylebone Cricket Club

| year2 = 1963–1973

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| club3 = Surrey

| year3 = 1960–1975

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| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 452

| runs1 = 6,801

| bat avg1 = 16.75

| 100s/50s1 = –/13

| top score1 = 92

| deliveries1 = 6

| wickets1 = –

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| fivefor1 = –

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| catches/stumpings1 = 923/124

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 232

| runs2 = 1,502

| bat avg2 = 12.83

| 100s/50s2 = –/1

| top score2 = 71

| deliveries2 = –

| wickets2 = –

| bowl avg2 = –

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = –

| catches/stumpings2 = 213/34

| date = 20 July

| year = 2012

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/16635.html Cricinfo

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Arnold Long (born 18 December 1940 in Cheam) is an English former 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, during which time they won the 1978 Gillette Cup.{{cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1978/ENG_LOCAL/GLTE/KNOCK-OUTS/SOMERSET_SUSSEX_GLTE-FINAL_02SEP1978.html|title=Final Somerset v Sussex at Lord's 2 Sep 1978|publisher=ESPNCricinfo|access-date=14 May 2022}} A wicket-keeper 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{{cite web | url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/Firstclass/Surrey/WicketKeeping_Records/Most_Catches_Season_For.html | title=The Home of CricketArchive }}{{cite web | url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/Firstclass/Surrey/WicketKeeping_Records/Most_Victims_Season_For.html | title=The Home of CricketArchive }}

He is a Trustee of the Hornsby Professional Cricketers' Fund charity.https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/235561/trustees

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