For the Irish drinking holiday see Arthur's Day

Arthur's Day

Arthur's Day refers to a series of music events which were first organised in 2009 to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Guinness brewing company by its owner Diageo plc....

Arthur Percival Day, born 10 April 1885, at Blackheath

Blackheath, London

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, Kent

Kent

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, and died 22 January 1969, at Budleigh Salterton

Budleigh Salterton

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, Devon

Devon

Devon is a large county in southwestern England. The county is sometimes referred to as Devonshire, although the term is rarely used inside the county itself as the county has never been officially "shired", it often indicates a traditional or historical context.The county shares borders with...

, was a cricketer

Cricketer

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 who played for Kent

Kent County Cricket Club

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 during the period of the county's greatest success in the County Championship

County Championship

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.

Career

A right-handed middle-order batsman and a bowler who could bowl both fast-medium and leg breaks, Day scored 1,149 runs in his very first season of first-class cricket

First-class cricket

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 in 1905, but played only around half the county's matches in each of the next three seasons. In 1909, he again played a full season and, with just over 1,000 runs at an average of more than 44 runs per innings, he was an important part of a Championship winning side. He was rewarded by being named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in the 1910 edition of The Almanack

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack

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.

From 1910 to 1914, though, Day went back to appearing in only around half the county matches, though he was evidently well thought of, as he was picked in both 1912 and 1914 for the matches between the MCC

Marylebone Cricket Club

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 touring teams and the "Rest of England". In 1911, he hit an unbeaten 100 in 55 minutes against Hampshire

Hampshire County Cricket Club

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 at Southampton.

After the First World War he played very seldom, but in 1921 he hit his highest score, an unbeaten 184 against Sussex

Sussex County Cricket Club

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 at Tonbridge

Tonbridge

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, and averaged 111 runs per innings for the season. He retired after a couple of matches in 1925.

His brothers Sammy

Samuel Day

Samuel Hulme Day , a.k.a. Sammy Day, was a professional cricketer for Kent and an English international footballer, who played as an inside forward.-Cricket Career:Day was born in Peckham Rye, London...

 and Sydney also played for Kent.

External links

• Arthur Day - Cricket Archive