Arthur Holt (sportsman)

Arthur Holt
Personal information
Full name Arthur George Holt
Date of birth (1911-04-08)8 April 1911
Place of birth Southampton, Hampshire, England
Date of death 28 July 1994(1994-07-28) (aged 83)
Place of death Southampton, Hampshire, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Position(s) Inside-forward
Youth career
Totton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1932–1939 Southampton 206 (46)

Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1935–1948Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 79
Runs scored 2,853
Batting average 22.46
100s/50s 2/11
Top score 116
Balls bowled 34
Wickets 1
Bowling average 47.00
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 1/24
Catches/stumpings 32/–
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arthur George Holt (8 April 1911 — 28 July 1994) was an English sportsman of the 1930s and 1940s. He played professional football for Southampton as an inside-forward, making 206 appearances and scoring 46 goals. As a cricketer, he played first-class cricket for Hampshire, making 79 appearances and scoring nearly 3,000 runs. After retirement from playing both sports, he became a coach with Hampshire from 1949 to 1965, coaching the county to its first first County Championship win in 1961. He was also the proprietor of a successful sports shop in Southampton.

  1. ^ Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan; Bull, David (2013). All the Saints: A Complete Players' Who's Who of Southampton FC. Southampton: Hagiology Publishing. p. 96. ISBN 9780992686406.