Arthur Rees (cricketer)
{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Arthur Rees
| image =
| country =
| fullname = Arthur Westland Rees
| birth_date = {{birth date|1866|9|9|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Hokitika, New Zealand
| death_date = {{death date and age|1921|1|1|1866|9|9|df=yes}}
| death_place = Gisborne, New Zealand
| family = William Lee Rees (father)
Grace family
| batting =
| bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox
| role = Bowler
| club1 = Auckland
| year1 = 1889/90
| club2 = Hawke's Bay
| year2 = 1896/97
| columns = 1
| column1 = First-class
| matches1 = 6
| runs1 = 13
| bat avg1 = 1.85
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 6
| deliveries1 = 1400
| wickets1 = 41
| bowl avg1 = 13.02
| fivefor1 = 4
| tenfor1 = 2
| best bowling1 = 8/36
| catches/stumpings1 = 5/–
| date = 6 May
| year = 2022
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/38297.html ESPNcricinfo
}}
Arthur Westland Rees (9 September 1866 – 1 January 1921) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Auckland and Hawke's Bay between 1889 and 1897.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/38297.html |title=Arthur Rees |accessdate=20 June 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} In his first two first-class matches he took 25 wickets.
Life and career
Rees's father was William Lee Rees, who was a cousin of W. G. Grace and other members of the Grace and Gilbert families. Arthur Rees was born in Hokitika and educated at Auckland Grammar School before going to Caius College, Cambridge. He returned to New Zealand in 1889 and was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in 1890.{{cite journal |title=Death of Mr. A. W. Rees |journal=Poverty Bay Herald |date=3 January 1921 |page=3 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19210103.2.15}} He established a law practice in Gisborne in 1893.
A left-arm slow bowler, Rees took 32 wickets for 226 in the three matches of Auckland's southern tour in 1889–90.T. W. Reese, New Zealand Cricket: 1841–1914, Simpson & Williams, Christchurch, 1927, pp. 277–79. He began with 6 for 27 and 8 for 36 against Otago, bowling unchanged on his first-class debut,{{cite web |title=Otago v Auckland 1889-90 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/3/3517.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=6 May 2022}} and a few days later he took 7 for 35 and 4 for 63 against Canterbury.{{cite web |title=Canterbury v Auckland 1889-90 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/3/3520.html|website=CricketArchive |access-date=6 May 2022}} He was the leading bowler in New Zealand that season, with 38 wickets at an average of 10.94.{{cite web |title=First-class Bowling in New Zealand for 1889/90|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/Seasonal_Averages/NZ/1889-90_f_Bowling_by_Average.html|website=CricketArchive |access-date=6 May 2022}}
Rees married Mabel Margaret Crawford in Gisborne in May 1893.{{cite journal |title=Marriages |journal=Poverty Bay Herald |date=15 May 1893 |page=2 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH18930515.2.6}} He died at his home in Gisborne early on New Year's Day 1921 after a short illness. His wife, a son and three daughters survived him.
References
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External links
- {{ESPNcricinfo|id=38297}}
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Category:People educated at Auckland Grammar School
Category:Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Category:New Zealand cricketers
Category:Hawke's Bay cricketers
Category:Sportspeople from Hokitika