Arthur Coningham (cricketer)

Arthur Coningham
Personal information
Full name
Arthur Coningham
Born(1863-07-14)14 July 1863
Emerald Hill, Victoria, Australia
Died13 June 1939(1939-06-13) (aged 76)
Gladesville, New South Wales, Australia
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast-medium
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 69)29 December 1894 v England
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 1 35
Runs scored 13 896
Batting average 6.50 15.71
100s/50s 0/0 1/2
Top score 10 151
Balls bowled 186 5,871
Wickets 2 112
Bowling average 38.00 23.24
5 wickets in innings 0 7
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 2/17 6/38
Catches/stumpings 0/– 28/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 10 September 2022
Coningham pictured middle (front row) with the 1893 Australia national cricket team

Arthur Coningham (/knɪŋhæm/ 14 July 1863 – 13 June 1939) was an Australian cricketer who played in one Ashes Test match at Melbourne in 1894 in which he took a wicket with his very first ball.[1] He took 2 for 17 in England's first innings but failed to add to that tally in the second.