Arthur William Crichton JP DL (25 June 1833 – 4 February 1882) was an English first-class cricketer and naturalist.
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| Full name | Arthur William Crichton | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 June 1833 Bushey, Hertfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 February 1882 (aged 48) Westminster, London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | Lord Lilford (nephew) Walter Powys (nephew) Horatio Powys-Keck (great-nephew) | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1856 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 31 October 2021 | |||||||||||||||
The son of William John Crichton, he was born in June 1833 at Bushey, Hertfordshire. He was educated at Radley College, before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge.[1] He played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Cambridge University Cricket Club at Cambridge in 1856.[2] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 2 runs in the MCC first innings by Matthews Kempson, while in their second innings he remained unbeaten on 7.[3]
Crichton was a naturalist who was a Fellow of the London Zoological Society and the Linnean Society of London.[4] Resident in Shropshire at Broadward Hall, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Shropshire in April 1880 and also served as a justice of the peace.[5] Crichton died at Westminster in February 1882.[6] His nephews, Lord Lilford and Walter Powys, both played first-class cricket, as did his great-nephew Horatio Powys-Keck.
References
edit- ^ Venn, John (1944). Alumni Cantabrigienses. Vol. 2. Cambridge University Press. p. 178.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Arthur Crichton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ "Cambridge University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1856". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ The Ibis. British Ornithologists' Union. 1879. p. 5.
- ^ "No. 24833". The London Gazette. 13 April 1880. p. 2513.
- ^ Lady Adelaide Law. The Illustrated London News. 18 February 1882. p. 26