Arthur Dolphin

Arthur Dolphin
Personal information
Full name
Arthur Dolphin
Born(1885-12-24)24 December 1885
Wilsden, Bingley, Yorkshire, England
Died23 October 1942(1942-10-23) (aged 56)
Lilycroft, Heaton, Bradford, Yorkshire, England
BattingRight-handed
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 188)11 February 1921 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1905–1927Yorkshire
Umpiring information
Tests umpired6 (1933–1938)
FC umpired249 (1926–1939)
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 1 449
Runs scored 1 3,402
Batting average 0.50 11.30
100s/50s 0/0 0/7
Top score 1 66
Balls bowled – 66
Wickets – 1
Bowling average – 28.00
5 wickets in innings – 0
10 wickets in match – 0
Best bowling – 1/18
Catches/stumpings 1/0 610/272
Source: CricketArchive, 16 June 2013

Arthur Dolphin (24 December 1885 – 23 October 1942) was an English first-class cricketer, who kept wicket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1905 and 1927.[1] He is part of a tradition of Yorkshire wicket-keepers, stretching from Ned Stephenson, George Pinder, Joe Hunter and David Hunter before him, to Arthur Wood, Jimmy Binks, David Bairstow plus Richard Blakey to the present day. The successor to David Hunter as Yorkshire's wicket-keeper he served the county for twenty two years.

He also played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).

  1. ^ Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 367. ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.