Arthur Daer

{{Short description|English cricketer (1905–1980)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Arthur Daer

| image =

| country =

| fullname = Arthur George Daer

| birth_date = {{birth date|1905|11|22|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Bishopsgate, London, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1980|7|16|1905|11|22|df=yes}}

| death_place = Torquay, Devon, England

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium

| role = Bowler

| family = Harry Daer (brother)

| club1 = Essex

| year1 = 1925–1935

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 100

| runs1 = 1,469

| bat avg1 = 14.54

| 100s/50s1 = 0/3

| top score1 = 59

| deliveries1 = 13,868

| wickets1 = 195

| bowl avg1 = 31.70

| fivefor1 = 3

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 6/38

| catches/stumpings1 = 48/–

| date = 25 April

| year = 2024

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/11781.html Cricinfo

}}

Arthur George Daer (22 November 1905 – 16 July 1980) was an English cricketer. He played for Essex between 1925 and 1935 primarily as a fast-medium bowler.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/11781.html |title= Arthur Daer |accessdate=2013-07-21 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}

Daer made two appearances during the 1925 season but on both occasions failed to bowl and only batted as a tailender.{{cite book |last1=Pracy |first1=David |title=Gentlemen and players of Essex: the amateur and professional cricketers of Essex County Cricket Club, 1876-1979 |date=January 2023 |publisher=Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians |url=https://archive.acscricket.com/research/Gentlemen_and_players_of_Essex.pdf |access-date=25 April 2024}} He was a more regular part of the side between 1929 and 1934 with his most productive season coming in 1930 when he claimed 51 wickets.{{cite web |title=First-class bowling In each season by Arthur Daer |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4823/f_Bowling_by_Season.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=25 April 2024 |url-access=subscription}}{{cite book |title=Wisden Cricketers' Almanack |date=1986 |chapter-url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228604.html |via=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=25 April 2024 |chapter=Obituaries, 1986}} He also showed promise as a batsman, averaging over 20 that year, but did not develop this part of his game. His best bowing figures were achieved against Gloucestershire at Cheltenham in 1933 when he took 6/38 in an innings and 9/93 in the match.{{cite web |title=Gloucestershire v Essex, Victoria Ground, Cheltenham on 24th, 25th May 1933 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14600.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=25 April 2024 |url-access=subscription}}

In 1932, he was part of the Essex bowling attack that could not break the partnership of Yorkshire openers Percy Holmes and Herbert Sutcliffe as they recorded a world record stand of 555 at Leyton.{{cite web |title=Essex v Yorkshire, County Ground, Leyton on 15th, 16th, 17th June 1932 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14285.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=25 April 2024 |url-access=subscription}} Holmes was dropped on 3 off the bowling of Daer and the uncertainty over whether the partnership was worth 554 (which would only have equalled the record) or 555 centered on a no-ball from Daer which umpire Tiger Smith claimed to signal but was not initially recorded by the scorers.{{cite web |last1=Williamson |first1=Martin |title=The record that shouldn't have been |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/the-record-that-shouldn-t-have-been-144328 |access-date=25 April 2024 |date=28 May 2006}}{{cite news |title=Heritage: The cricket record that maybe never happened |url=https://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/lifestyle/21487675.heritage-cricket-record-maybe-never-happened/ |access-date=25 April 2024 |work=Romford Recorder |date=5 July 2020}}

Daer played cricket as an amateur earning his income through joint ownership of the Golden Lion public house in Romford. After retiring he also ran a sports shop alongside Essex team-mate Sonny Avery. His younger brother, Harry, played as a professional for Essex in 1938 and 1939.