Ted Arnold
Encyclopedia
Edward George Arnold was an English
cricket
er who played in ten Test Matches
from 1903 to 1907, and most of his 343 first-class
matches for Worcestershire
between 1899
and 1913
. His Wisden
obituary
described him as "an allround cricketer of sterling merit".
His Cricinfo
profile, meanwhile, declares that "More than any other player, Arnold was responsible for the elevation of Worcestershire to first-class status." With his eighteen tons and well nigh 1,000 wickets in the County Championship
, "his adopted county [... could] take on any opponent". Arnold bowled at upwards of medium pace, with variations, and seamed the ball consistently. He took full toll advantage of his physical stature, bowling with an upright action and, like Bill Bowes
, obtaining considerable lift off the wicket. This was an especially effective ploy on wickets afflicted by rain. He swung the ball substantially, especially away from the bat.
As a batsman, Arnold had a strong command over almost every stroke in the book — most of them he played with considerale power — and an impressively dense defence. He was a fine slips fieldsman with a safe pair of hands. A tough cricketer, he was the only batsman who put up a fight when his team fell for a dismal 43 against Yorkshire
in 1900
.
He was a member of three Test series-winning England teams, the most noteworthy of which came under the captaincy of Plum Warner
in 1903-04
, a series he kicked off with the removal of openers Reggie Duff
and Victor Trumper
before the score had reached double figures. He also contributed a great deal to the Fourth-Test victory: although dismissed for a pair
, he took four wickets in the first innings and dismissed Trumper twice.
His nephews John Price
and William Price
both had brief first-class careers with Worcestershire.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played in ten Test Matches
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
from 1903 to 1907, and most of his 343 first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
matches for Worcestershire
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...
between 1899
1899 English cricket season
In the 1899 English cricket season, Surrey won the County Championship for the first time in four years, and the title turned out to be their last until 1914. Surrey's season was dominated by draws, with fourteen out of 26 games drawn, just like the season in general - especially the Australian...
and 1913
1913 English cricket season
The 1913 English cricket season saw Kent take the title for the fourth time in eight seasons.-Honours:*County Championship - Kent*Minor Counties Championship - Norfolk...
. His Wisden
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack is a cricket reference book published annually in the United Kingdom...
obituary
Obituary
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described him as "an allround cricketer of sterling merit".
His Cricinfo
Cricinfo
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profile, meanwhile, declares that "More than any other player, Arnold was responsible for the elevation of Worcestershire to first-class status." With his eighteen tons and well nigh 1,000 wickets in the County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
, "his adopted county [... could] take on any opponent". Arnold bowled at upwards of medium pace, with variations, and seamed the ball consistently. He took full toll advantage of his physical stature, bowling with an upright action and, like Bill Bowes
Bill Bowes
Bill Bowes was one of the best bowlers of the interwar period and, for a time, the most important force behind Yorkshire's dominance of the County Championship...
, obtaining considerable lift off the wicket. This was an especially effective ploy on wickets afflicted by rain. He swung the ball substantially, especially away from the bat.
As a batsman, Arnold had a strong command over almost every stroke in the book — most of them he played with considerale power — and an impressively dense defence. He was a fine slips fieldsman with a safe pair of hands. A tough cricketer, he was the only batsman who put up a fight when his team fell for a dismal 43 against Yorkshire
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
in 1900
1900 English cricket season
The 1900 English cricket season saw Yorkshire finish the season unbeaten in the County Championship, the first time this had happened since the start of the official championship in 1890. They therefore became county champions, while defending champions Surrey finished in the middle of the pack in...
.
He was a member of three Test series-winning England teams, the most noteworthy of which came under the captaincy of Plum Warner
Plum Warner
Sir Pelham Francis Warner MBE , affectionately and better known as Plum Warner, or even "the Grand Old Man" of English cricket was a Test cricketer....
in 1903-04
English cricket team in Australia in 1903–04
The English cricket team's tour to Australia in 1903–04 was the first time the Marylebone Cricket Club took over responsibility for sponsoring and arranging an overseas tour representing England. England had not won the Ashes since the 1896 series in England...
, a series he kicked off with the removal of openers Reggie Duff
Reggie Duff
Reginald Alexander Duff was an Australian cricketer who played in 22 Tests between 1902 and 1905....
and Victor Trumper
Victor Trumper
Victor Thomas Trumper was an Australian cricketer known as the most stylish and versatile batsman of the Golden Age of cricket, capable of playing match-winning innings on wet wickets his contemporaries found unplayable. Archie MacLaren said of him, "Compared to Victor I was a cab-horse to a Derby...
before the score had reached double figures. He also contributed a great deal to the Fourth-Test victory: although dismissed for a pair
Pairs in test and first class cricket
-Most pairs in a Test career:New Zealand fast bowler Chris Martin has been dismissed without scoring in both innings during six test matches, two more than any other player. Five players have been dismissed for four pairs of ducks in Tests...
, he took four wickets in the first innings and dismissed Trumper twice.
His nephews John Price
John Price (Worcestershire cricketer)
John Price was an English cricketer who played 11 first-class matches for Worcestershire in the late 1920s. He had the unwanted distinction of never playing in a winning side in his entire first-class career....
and William Price
William Price (Worcestershire cricketer)
William Harry Price was an English cricketer who played a single first-class match, for Worcestershire against Glamorgan at Cardiff Arms Park in 1923...
both had brief first-class careers with Worcestershire.