Arthur Arthur

{{Short description|English cricketer and British Army medical officer (1877–1930)}}

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

{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}

{{Infobox cricketer

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| country = England

| fullname = Arthur Samuel Arthur

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| birth_date = 16 March 1877

| birth_place = Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1930|9|9|1877|3|16|df=yes}}

| death_place = Carlisle, Cumberland, England

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| batting = Unknown

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| club1 = Europeans

| year1 = 1918/19–1919/20

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 26

| bat avg1 = 13.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 21

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–

| date = 15 May

| year = 2023

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/arthur-arthur-26415 ESPNcricinfo

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Arthur Samuel Arthur {{postnominal|OBE}} (16 March 1877 — 9 September 1930) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

The son Samuel Arthur,{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002562/19061110/031/0002|title=Interesting Ealing wedding|work=Ealing Gazette and West Middlesex Observer|page=2|date=10 November 1906|access-date=15 May 2023|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}} he was born at Newcastle upon Tyne in March 1877. After completing his studies in medicine, Arthur was elected a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London in 1894.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gImtEAAAQBAJ|title=List of the Fellows, Members, Extra-Licentiates and Licentiates of the Royal College of Physicians of London|publisher=Anatiposi Verlag|location=London|page=61|date=2023|isbn=9783382304645}} Arthur was commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) as a lieutenant in February 1904.{{London Gazette|issue=27645|date=12 February 1904|page=942}} He served in the First World War with the RAMC, holding the rank of captain at the start of the war. He was promoted to major in May 1915,{{London Gazette|issue=29237|date=20 July 1915|page=7159|supp=y}} before being temporarily appointed a lieutenant colonel whilst in command of field ambulances.{{London Gazette|issue=29451|date=25 January 1916|page=1087|supp=y}} Shortly after the conclusion of the war, Arthur served in British India, where he made two appearances in first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team against the Indians at Madras in the 1918–19 and 1919–20 Madras Presidency Matches.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12638/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Arthur Arthur|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=15 May 2023|url-access=subscription}} He scored 26 runs in his two matches, with a highest score of 21.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12638/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Arthur Arthur|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=15 May 2023|url-access=subscription}} He was made an OBE in September 1921.{{London Gazette|city=Edinburgh|issue=13742|date=13 September 1921|page=1256}} He retired from active service in July 1922, at which point he was promoted to lieutenant colonel.{{London Gazette|issue=32733|date=28 July 1922|page=5610}} Arthur died at Blackhall Woods near Carlisle in September 1930; it was noted by his obituary that he had previously acted as medical officer at the Border Regiment depot at Carlisle.{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000711/19300910/072/0002|title=Death of Border Regiment's Medical Officer|work=Lancashire Evening Post|location=Preston|page=2|date=10 September 1930|access-date=15 May 2023|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}}