Arthur Valentine Poole (28 April 1878 – 11 April 1955) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Southland from the 1914–15 season until 1920–21.
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| Full name | Arthur Valentine Poole | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 April 1878 Aston, Warwickshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 April 1955 (aged 76) Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1914/15–1920/21 | Southland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 6 April 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A middle-order batsman and occasional bowler, Arthur Poole played in six of the eight matches Southland played in their brief period as a first-class team. He made their highest-ever score, 77 in the first innings against Otago in 1914–15, as well as top-scoring with 38 in the second innings.[1] In the first innings he hit two sixes and 11 fours and reached his 50 in 40 minutes.[2] He also top-scored for Southland in their last first-class match, against the touring Australians in 1920–21.[3]
Poole's matches for Southland in non-first-class cricket extended from the match against Lord Hawke's XI in 1902–03 to the match against the touring Australians in 1927–28 just before he turned 50.
Poole was a timber merchant and managed a sawmilling company.[4][5] He married Ella Maude Sheppard at St John's Church in Invercargill on 12 November 1902.[6]
References edit
- ^ "Otago v Southland 1914–15". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ "Southland v Otago. Southerners' Splendid Stand". Southland Times: 3. 3 April 1915.
- ^ "Southland v Australians 1920–21". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ "Supreme Court". Southland Times: 5. 22 February 1935.
- ^ "Magistrate's Court". Southland Times: 7. 3 September 1936.
- ^ "Marriage". Southland Times: 2. 8 December 1902.