Arthur Motley (5 February 1858 – 28 September 1897) was an English amateur first-class cricketer, who played two matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1879 and five for Wellington in New Zealand in the late 1880s.[1][2]
Motley was born in Osmondthorpe, Leeds, Yorkshire, and was a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast bowler. For Yorkshire he took seven wickets at 19.28 and scored 10 runs at 10.00.[1] He lived in New Zealand for a period, playing five first-class matches for Wellington between 1886 and 1889.[3] He scored 18 and 58 not out, the highest score on either side, when Wellington beat Nelson by 13 runs in 1886-87.[4] He was awarded a gold watch for being the best batsman in senior Wellington cricket in the 1886-87 season.[5]
Motley died in September 1897 in Canning Town, Essex, aged 39.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b Warner, David (2013). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2013 Yearbook (115th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 380. ISBN 978-0-9572951-8-6.
- ^ "Arthur Motley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Arthur Motley | Cricket Players and Officials". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
- ^ T. W. Reese, New Zealand Cricket: 1841–1914, Simpson & Williams, Christchurch, 1927, pp. 44–45.
- ^ "[untitled]". New Zealand Times: 4. 22 September 1887.
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