Arthur Butcher

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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{{Use British English|date=April 2020}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Arthur Butcher

| image =

| fullname = Arthur Butcher

| birth_date = 8 November 1863

| birth_place = Tring, Hertfordshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1955|9|17|1863|11|8}}

| death_place = Kensington, London, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| nickname =

| family =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm slow

| role =

| club1 = Hertfordshire

| year1 = 1895–1909

| club2 = Marylebone Cricket Club

| year2 = 1902–1905

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 35

| bat avg1 = 11.66

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 24*

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = 0/–

| date = 1 July

| year = 2019

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/10217.html Cricinfo

}}

Arthur Butcher (8 November 1863 – 17 September 1955) was an English first-class cricketer.

Born at Tring in November 1863, Butcher made his debut in minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire against Norfolk in the 1895 Minor Counties Championship. Butcher played minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire until 1909, making 111 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28357/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Arthur Butcher |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-07-02 |url-access=subscription}} He also made two appearances in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's, playing against London County in 1902, and Leicestershire in 1905.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28357/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Arthur Butcher |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-07-02 |url-access=subscription}} He score 35 runs in his two first-class matches, with a high score of 24 not out.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28357/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Arthur Butcher |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-07-02 |url-access=subscription}} He died at Kensington in September 1955.