Arthur Collins (cricketer)

This article is about the Sussex cricketer, born 1871. For the soldier and schoolboy cricketer, born 1885, see A.E.J. Collins.

Arthur Collins

Personal information
Born	7 September 1871 East Grinstead, Sussex, England
Died	22 July 1945 (aged 73) Hadlow Down, Sussex, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 53 Runs scored 1812 Batting average 25.52 100s/50s 1/9 Top score 102 Balls bowled 4030 Wickets 36 Bowling average 46.00 5 wickets in innings 1 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 5/61 Catches/stumpings 28/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 August 2021

Arthur Collins (7 September 1871 – 22 July 1945) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Sussex between 1895 and 1902. He appeared in 53 first-class matches as a right-handed batsman who bowled left-arm orthodox spin.[1]

An opening batsman, Collins made his only first-class century against Gloucestershire in June 1900, when he scored 22 and 102.[2] Later that month, on a difficult pitch at Eastbourne, he batted for 195 minutes while top-scoring with 29 in a team total of 108 against Essex.[3][4] He missed the 1901 season after contracting typhoid fever.[5] In Sussex's two matches against Gloucestershire in 1896 he dismissed W. G. Grace twice with his spin bowling, though Grace scored a total of 547 runs in the two matches.[6]

References

1. "Arthur Collins". Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
2. "Sussex v Gloucestershire 1900". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
3. "Sussex v Essex 1900". Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
4. "Sussex Cricket and Cricketers", Cricket, 16 May 1901, p. 132.
5. "Pavilion Gossip", Cricket, 11 April 1901, p. 58.
6. "Obituaries in 1945". Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 August 2021.