Arthur Wallis (sportsman)

{{short description|Irish cricketer and rugby union player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| image =

| country = Ireland

| fullname = Arthur Knight Wallis

| birth_date = 4 January 1868

| birth_place = Donnycarney, Ireland

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1905|11|27|1868|1|4}}

| death_place = Dublin, Ireland

| nickname =

| family =

| batting = Unknown

| bowling = Right-arm slow

| role =

| club1 = Dublin University

| year1 = 1895

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 3

| runs1 = 7

| bat avg1 = 2.33

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 5*

| deliveries1 = 465

| wickets1 = 6

| bowl avg1 = 53.16

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 3/110

| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–

| date = 22 October

| year = 2018

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ireland/content/player/24589.html Cricinfo

}}

Arthur Knight Wallis (4 January 1868 – 27 November 1905) was an Irish first-class cricketer and rugby union international.

Born in the Dublin suburb of Donnycarney, Wallis studied medicine at Trinity College, Dublin.{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/IRELAND/PLAYERS/225/index.shtml |title=Arthur Knight Wallis |publisher=CricketEurope |accessdate=2018-10-22}} While studying at Trinity, he played rugby for Dublin University Football Club and won five Test caps for Ireland in the 1892 Home Nations Championship and the 1893 Home Nations Championship.{{cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/ireland/rugby/player/1046.html |title=Arthur Wallis |publisher=ESPNscrum |accessdate=2018-10-22}} He also played first-class cricket for Dublin University during their 1895 tour of England, debuting against Cambridge University at Fenner's.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33592/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Arthur Wallis |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2018-10-22}} He played a further first-class match on the tour against Leicestershire at Leicester, before making a third and final first-class appearance in 1895 against Cambridge University at College Park, Dublin. As a bowler, he took 6 wickets across his three matches, with best innings figures of 3/110.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33592/f_Bowling_by_Team.html |title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Arthur Wallis |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2018-10-22}} He worked as a doctor in Dublin, where he died in November 1905. His brother, William Wallis, and nephew, Tommy Wallis, also played international rugby for Ireland.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/wallis-passes-on-1.1114333|title=Wallis passes on|last=Van Esbeck|first=Edmund|date=2000-11-07|newspaper=The Irish Times|accessdate=2018-10-22}}