Arthur Dick Pougher was a cricket

Cricket

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er who played for Leicestershire County Cricket Club

Leicestershire County Cricket Club

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 between 1894

1894 English cricket season

The 1894 English cricket season saw a close battle play out for the County Championship title between Surrey and last year's champions Yorkshire. Before the round of 23 August, the two teams were tied on 10 points, with one match left to play and all other teams hopelessly distanced...

 and 1901

1901 English cricket season

Yorkshire defended their County Championship title in the 1901 English cricket season, though, unlike in 1900, they lost one game during the season, to 12th-placed Somerset....

. Pougher was awarded a benefit by Leicestershire in 1900. He also played one Test match

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 for England

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, which was against South Africa

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 in Cape Town

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 in 1891-92.

His greatest moment came when he took five Australian wickets for no runs in three five-ball overs with his deceptive off spin

Off spin

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 for MCC

Marylebone Cricket Club

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 at Lord's

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 in 1896. The tourists were bundled out for a humiliating 18.
Unfamiliar with Pougher's bowling they failed to realise that he kept the ball lower and turned it less than seemed possible with his strong finger and wrist action.

He umpired

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 49 first-class matches. All but two of these were between 1903 and 1909; the exceptions were one match in Australia in 1888-89 and Leicestershire's game against the West Indians in 1923.
He also officiated in Yorkshire

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

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's game against Kent

Kent County Cricket Club

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 in July 1904, but this match is not included in the total, as he and fellow umpire William Shrewsbury (brother of Arthur

Arthur Shrewsbury

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) declared the match void after the first day because of illegal changes made to the pitch.

His name is pronounced 'Puffer'and after retirement from cricket, he kept the Old Cricket Ground Hotel at Aylestone Park, Leicester.