Evan Arnold (cricketer)

{{short description|Australian cricketer}}

{{Use Australian English|date=April 2018}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Evan Arnold

| full_name = Evan Matthew Campbell Arnold

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1974|08|20}}

| birth_place = North Adelaide, South Australia

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-hand legbreak googly

| club1 = Australian Cricket Academy

| year1 = 1994/95

| club2 = South Australia

| year2 = 1998/99

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 34

| bat avg1 = 17.00

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 28

| deliveries1 = 306

| wickets1 = 2

| bowl avg1 = 94.00

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 1/32

| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/3986.html ESPNcricinfo

| date = 6 February

| year = 2021

}}

Evan Arnold (born 20 August 1974) is a former Australian cricketer and amateur Australian rules footballer. He played two first-class cricket matches, including one for South Australia.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/3986.html|title=Evan Arnold|website=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=6 February 2021}}

As a junior cricketer, Arnold played two four-day matches for Prince Alfred College against St Peter's College, the first in 1990 and the second in 1991. In the 1991 match he took fourteen wickets across St. Peter's College's two innings in a seven-wicket victory.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1062/1062076.html|url-access=subscription|title=Prince Alfred College, Adelaide v St Peter's College, Adelaide in 1990/91|website=CricketArchive|access-date=6 February 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1062/1062077.html|url-access=subscription|title=St Peter's College, Adelaide v Prince Alfred College, Adelaide in 1991/92|website=CricketArchive|access-date=6 February 2021}} He also played one match for South Australia's under-19 representative side and several matches for their second XI side.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7526/Miscellaneous_Matches.html|url-access=subscription|title=Miscellaneous Matches played by Evan Arnold|website=CricketArchive|access-date=6 February 2021}} Arnold made his debut for the Sturt District Cricket Club in 1993 as the 485th player to play for the club at the top level of South Australian Grade Cricket.{{cite web|url=https://www.sturtdcc.com.au/playing-numbers/|title=Sturt District Cricket Club - Playing Numbers|website=Sturt District Cricket Club|access-date=6 February 2021}} In 1995, he was part of the Australian Cricket Academy,{{cite web|url=https://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/777468/introducing-evan-arnold|title=Introducing...Evan Arnold|website=Port Adelaide Football Club|date=5 February 2010|access-date=6 February 2021}} going on tours of Pakistan and New Zealand. On the tour of New Zealand, Arnold made his first-class debut in a four-day game against the New Zealand academy.{{cite web|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1994-95/OTHERS+ICC/AUS-ACAD_IN_NZ/AUS-ACAD_NZ-ACAD-XI_02-05APR1995.html|title=New Zealand Academy XI v Australian Academy at Hamilton, 2-5 Apr 1995|website=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=6 February 2021}} Arnold later played his only first-class match for South Australia in a match against the touring English cricket team at Adelaide Oval in November 1998.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-tour-of-australia-1998-99-61732/south-australia-vs-england-xi-442640/full-scorecard|title=Full Scorecard of England XI vs South Aust 1998/99|website=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=6 February 2021}}

Arnold also played amateur Australian rules football in the South Australian Amateur Football League for the Adelaide University Football Club, with whom he won a premiership in 1999 and played in two further grand finals. He later played for the Hummocks Watchman Eagles in the Adelaide Plains Football League, winning two premierships with the club.

Arnold studied a Bachelor of Commerce degree at the University of Adelaide, and began a career in business working for Lion Nathan and Fosters. In November 2009, he began working for the Port Adelaide Football Club as their Manager of Corporate Partners and Capability. In 2012 he became the Chief Executive of the South Adelaide Football Club, but he resigned from this position at the end of 2014 as part of a management restructuring at the club.{{cite news|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/messenger/south/south-adelaide-chief-executive-evan-arnold-will-leave-his-position-this-month/news-story/4877f6941968e83b813aa22d6a78a1c3|title=South Adelaide chief executive Evan Arnold will leave his position this month|work=Southern Times Messenger|last=Broadstock|first=Amelia|date=29 September 2014|access-date=6 February 2021}}