Arthur Cantrell
{{short description|English cricketer and Royal Marines officer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| fullname = Arthur Stanley Cantrell
| birth_date = 8 May 1883
| birth_place = British Ceylon
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1954|5|22|1883|5|8}}
| death_place = Black Notley, Essex, England
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm medium-fast
| role =
| club1 =
| year1 =
| columns = 1
| column1 = First-class
| matches1 = 15
| runs1 = 308
| bat avg1 = 23.69
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 32*
| deliveries1 = 2,385
| wickets1 = 49
| bowl avg1 = 25.63
| fivefor1 = 3
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 6/58
| catches/stumpings1 = 6/–
| date = 29 January
| year = 2019
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/11001.html Cricinfo
}}
Brigadier Arthur Stanley Cantrell (8 May 1883 – 22 May 1954) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Marines officer. Cantrell was commissioned into the Royal Marine Artillery and served during the First World War. His military service with the Royal Marines lasted until his retirement in 1934, though he did later come out of retirement to serve in the Second World War. Cantrell also played first-class cricket for the Royal Navy Cricket Club between 1913–1929, making fourteen appearances.
Early life, first-class debut and WWI
Cantrell was born in British Ceylon and was educated in England at Bedford School and Bedford Modern School.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28410/28410.html |title=Player profile: Arthur Cantrell |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=5 March 2019 |url-access=subscription}}{{cite web|url=https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/community/5183/?page=10 |title=Community: Bedford Modern School - List of Old Bedford Modernians serving in HM Forces 1914 - 1918. | Lives of the First World War |publisher=Livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2020-04-07}} He was commissioned into the Royal Marine Artillery (RMA) as a second lieutenant in August 1900.{{London Gazette |issue=27225|date=31 August 1900|page=5398}} He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in February 1903.{{London Gazette |issue=27525|date=17 February 1903|page=1054}} He was made a captain in September 1911.{{London Gazette |issue=28528|date=5 September 1911|page=6551}} He made his debut in first-class cricket for the Royal Navy against the Army at Lord's in 1913.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28410/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Arthur Cantrell |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=5 March 2019 |url-access=subscription}} Shortly before the outbreak of World War I, Cantrell played a second first-class match for the Royal Navy in June 1914, in a repeat of the fixture of the previous year. At the beginning of 1914, he had been seconded to another battalion within the RMA.{{London Gazette |issue=28798|date=3 February 1914|page=884}}
Cantrell completed his sixteen years of service during the First World War, at which point he was promoted to major in June 1917.{{London Gazette |issue=30150|date=26 June 1917|page=6290}} In May 1918, he was made a brevet lieutenant colonel.{{London Gazette |issue=30723|date=31 May 1918|page=6534|supp=y}} He was awarded the Legion of Honour by France in June 1918.{{London Gazette |issue=30756|date=18 June 1918|page=7305|supp=y}}
Post-war service and later cricket
Cantrell resumed playing first-class cricket for the Royal Navy following the war, appearing for the Royal Navy against Cambridge University in June 1919. In August 1919, he made a first-class appearance for a combined Army and Navy cricket team against a team of Demobilised Officers at Lord's, during which he took his maiden five wicket haul when he took 5 for 52 in the Demobilised Officers first-innings.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9696.html |title=Army v Demobilised Officers, 1919 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=5 March 2019 |url-access=subscription}} He continued to play first-class cricket for the Royal navy until 1929, by which point he had appeared in fourteen first-class matches for the Royal Navy. Playing as a right-arm medium-fast bowler, Cantrell took 44 wickets for the Royal Navy at an average of 27.36, with two five wicket hauls and best figures of 6 for 58.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28410/f_Bowling_by_Team.html |title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Arthur Cantrell |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=5 March 2019 |url-access=subscription}}
He was promoted to the full rank of lieutenant colonel in July 1930.{{London Gazette |issue=33624|date=11 July 1930|page=4361}} In October of the same year he was made the Director of Naval Recruiting.{{London Gazette |issue=33649|date=3 October 1930|page=6017}} He was promoted to the rank of colonel in April 1934, with seniority antedated to June 1922.{{London Gazette |issue=34040|date=10 April 1934|page=2315}} Three months later he retired from active service at his own request, and was placed on the Retired List.{{London Gazette |issue=34084|date=4 September 1934|page=5604}} He came out of retirement during the Second World War, during which he was promoted to the rank of temporary brigadier in October 1941.{{London Gazette |issue=35326|date=28 October 1941|page=6250}}
He died at the age of 71 in May 1954 at Black Notley, Essex.
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{cricinfo|id=11001}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cantrell, Arthur}}
Category:People educated at Bedford School
Category:People educated at Bedford Modern School
Category:Royal Navy cricketers
Category:Army and Navy cricketers
Category:Royal Marines brigadiers
Category:Royal Marines personnel of World War I
Category:Knights of the Legion of Honour
Category:Royal Marines personnel of World War II
Category:Sri Lankan people of English descent