Arthur Lupton
{{short description|English cricketer and soldier}}
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{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Arthur Lupton
| image =
| country = England
| fullname = Arthur William Lupton
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1879|2|23|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Little Horton, Bradford, Yorkshire, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1944|4|14|1879|2|23|df=yes}}
| death_place = Carlton Manor, Guiseley, Yorkshire
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting = Left-handed
| bowling = Right-arm medium
| role = Captain
| club1 = Yorkshire
| year1 = 1908 to 1927
| columns = 1
| column1 = First-class
| matches1 = 109
| runs1 = 724
| bat avg1 = 10.34
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 43 not out
| deliveries1 = 834
| wickets1 = 14
| bowl avg1 = 32.50
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 4/109
| catches/stumpings1 = 30/–
| date = 7 February
| year = 2016
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/16690.html Cricinfo
}}
Major Arthur William Lupton (23 February 1879 – 14 April 1944) was an English soldier and amateur first-class cricketer, who played 104 matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1908 to 1927.{{cite book |title=The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook |last=Warner |first=David |year=2011 |edition=113th |publisher=Great Northern Books |location=Ilkley, Yorkshire |isbn=978-1-905080-85-4 |page=373}} He also played for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) (1909), the Gentlemen of England (1910) and H.D.G. Leveson-Gower's XI (1911).
Military career
Lupton was commissioned a second lieutenant in The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) on 5 May 1900. He served with the 2nd battalion of his regiment in South Africa during the Second Boer War 1899-1900, and took part in operations in Natal March–June 1900, and in Transvaal, east and west of Pretoria, July–November 1900. Following the war he received the Queen's South Africa Medal with three clasps, and he was promoted to Lieutenant on 10 January 1902.{{London Gazette| issue=27432 |page=3091 |date=9 May 1902}}{{London Gazette|issue=27436|page=3382| date=23 May 1902}}
Cricket career
Born in Little Horton, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, Lupton had a modest overall record, despite the large number of games that he played. A left-handed batsman, he scored 724 runs at 10.34 with a highest score of 43 not out against Nottinghamshire in 1926.{{cite web|title=Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire 1926 |url-access=subscription|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12012.html|website=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 February 2016}} He took 14 wickets (none of them for Yorkshire) at 32.50 with his occasional right-arm fast-medium, with a best analysis for 4 for 109 for Gentlemen of England against Cambridge University in 1910.{{cite web|title=Gentlemen of England v Cambridge University 1910 |url-access=subscription|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/8/8173.html|website=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 February 2016}}
His chief contribution was as Yorkshire's captain. Having playing only one game for the county, back in 1908, he was appointed captain for the 1925 season at the age of 46. Yorkshire won the County Championship that year with 21 wins and no losses. He then led the side to second place in 1926 and third in 1927. He wanted to continue in 1928, but the Yorkshire committee, after at first deciding to appoint a professional captain, changed their minds and chose the amateur William Worsley.Stephen Chalke, Summer's Crown: The Story of Cricket's County Championship, Fairfield Books, Bath, 2015, pp. 132-33.
Family life and death
Lupton was the son of William C. Lupton who had been thrice Mayor of Bradford. In 1909, at St John’s, Leeds Parish Church, Arthur Lupton married Kate Fosdick, daughter of colliery owner Richard Fosdick, of Belmont, Stanmore, Harrow. Kate was born on 29 August 1879 in Windemere near Kendall, Westmoreland. The couple honeymooned in Switzerland.{{cite news |title=Lady's Marriage |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hull-evening-news-marriage-announcement/158856325/ |access-date=3 May 2024 |publisher=Hull Evening News Hull |date=Jan 12, 1909 |pages=3}}
Lupton died in April 1944 at Carlton Manor, Guiseley, Yorkshire.{{cite web |title=William Charles Lupton - Mayor of Bradford |url=https://www.undercliffecemetery.co.uk/about/history/william-charles-lupton/ |publisher=Undercliffe Cemetery |access-date=3 May 2023 |date=2022 |quote=Arthur William Lupton married Kate Fosdick on 11 January 1909 at St John’s, Leeds Parish Church. Kate of Leeds was born on 29 August 1879 in Windemere near Kendall, Westmoreland, the second daughter of Richard Fosdick of Belmont, Stanmore, Harrow. Officers of the Leeds Rifles (Territorial) lined the church aisle. They honeymooned in Switzerland.}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/16690.html Cricinfo profile]
- [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31106/31106.html Cricket Archive statistics]
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Category:Yorkshire cricket captains
Category:People from Little Horton
Category:Sportspeople from the City of Bradford
Category:Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
Category:Gentlemen of England cricketers
Category:West Yorkshire Regiment officers
Category:H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI cricketers
Category:British Army personnel of the Second Boer War
Category:Cricketers from West Yorkshire
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