Arthur "Dick" Staples (8 January 1878 – 13 August 1954) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in four first-class matches for Wellington from 1901 to 1904.[1][2]
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| Full name | Arthur Staples | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 January 1878 Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 August 1954 (aged 76) Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Dick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1901/02–1903/04 | Wellington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 15 December 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Staples was born in Wellington. He attended Wellington College and worked in Wellington as a bootmaker.[3]
Staples had a reputation in Wellington cricket as a "stonewaller" – an unadventurous, careful batsman.[4][5] He was Wellington's most successful batsman on their short northern tour of December 1903. He was their top scorer in the first match, a loss to Hawke's Bay, when he opened in the first innings and scored 78 in four and a half hours; in the second innings he went in at number six and made 31 not out.[6][7] He was the highest scorer on either side in the second match, when Wellington defeated Auckland, making 67 in three and three-quarter hours in the first innings.[8][9] With 212 runs at an average of 42.40, he was the third-highest run-getter in the New Zealand season.[10] However, he played no further first-class matches.
References edit
- ^ "Dick Staples". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ "Dick Staples". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ Tony McCarron, New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64 – 2010, ACS, Cardiff, 2010, p. 125.
- ^ "South v. Waiwetu". NZ Truth: 3. 22 January 1910.
- ^ "Out Door Sports and Pastimes". Free Lance: 17. 13 December 1913.
- ^ T. W. Reese, New Zealand Cricket: 1841–1914, Simpson & Williams, Christchurch, 1927, p. 425.
- ^ "Hawke's Bay v Wellington 1903–04". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ^ Reese, p. 428.
- ^ "Auckland v Wellington 1903–04". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding in New Zealand for 1903/04". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 December 2023.