John Arenhold

{{short description|South African cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = John Arenhold

| image = File:John Arenhold 1950s.jpg

| country =

| fullname = John Adolf Arenhold

| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|5|9|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Plumstead, Cape Town, South Africa

| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|9|30|1931|5|9|df=yes}}

| death_place = Muizenberg, Cape Town, South Africa

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium

| role =

| club1 = Oxford University

| year1 = 1953 to 1955

| club2 = Ceylon

| year2 = 1956–57

| club3 = Orange Free State

| year3 = 1959–60

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 33

| runs1 = 403

| bat avg1 = 10.07

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 45

| deliveries1 = 4619

| wickets1 = 82

| bowl avg1 = 27.14

| fivefor1 = 4

| tenfor1 = 1

| best bowling1 = 7/97

| catches/stumpings1 = 14/0

| date = 22 July

| year = 2014

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12635/12635.html Cricinfo

}}

John Adolf Arenhold (9 May 1931 – 30 September 2017) was a South African cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1953 to 1960.{{cite web|url=https://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/community/obituaries/obituaries-root-folder/2017/john-arenhold/ |title=John Arenhold |work=Rhodes House |accessdate=25 May 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/170108/sports/john-arenhold-the-south-african-rainbow-in-ceylon-cricket-and-rugby-223019.html |title=John Arenhold – The South African rainbow in Ceylon Cricket and Rugby |work=Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) |accessdate=25 May 2018}}

Arenhold went to school at Diocesan College, Cape Town, before attending University College, Oxford.Wisden 1955, p. 273. He played as an opening bowler for Oxford University from 1953 to 1955, gaining his Blue in 1954. His best bowling figures for Oxford were 6 for 37 against Middlesex in 1954.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21073.html Oxford University v Middlesex 1954] When his form fell away in 1955 he was left out of the side, only to take his best first-class figures, 7 for 97, against Oxford for D.R. Jardine's XI.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21620.html D.R. Jardine's XI v Oxford University 1955]

After graduating from Oxford, Arenhold lived in Ceylon from 1956 to 1958, working for Shell as a management trainee.Neil Wijeratne, Batting on a Matting Wicket, Neil Wijeratne, Wattala, 2011, p. 23. He played cricket for Colombo Cricket Club and Rugby union for Dimbulla Athletic and Cricket Club, and represented Ceylon at both sports.[http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060702/sports/sp2.2.html Dim – Dicks reborn] Retrieved 22 July 2014. Playing for Ceylon in the Gopalan Trophy against Madras in 1956–57 he took 6 for 17 and 5 for 26 to help Ceylon to a five-wicket victory at Colombo Oval.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22371.html Ceylon Cricket Association v Madras 1956–57] His match figures of 11 for 43 are a record for Sri Lanka in Gopalan Trophy matches.

Returning to South Africa, Arenhold played a season for Orange Free State in the Currie Cup, opening the bowling with Sydney Burke and taking 16 wickets at an average of 20.56 in five matches.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/3/Currie_Cup_1959-60/Orange_Free_State_Bowling.html Orange Free State bowling 1959–60] He retired from first-class cricket after the season.

Arenhold had a successful business career in South Africa. He was the regional marketing manager for Nissan when they were major sponsors of South African cricket in the 1980s.Wisden 2019, p. 192.