Arthur Kimish

Arthur Kimish
Personal information
Full name
Arthur Edwards Kimish
Born(1917-07-05)5 July 1917
Southampton, Hampshire, England
DiedMay 2001 (aged 83)
Warwickshire, England
BattingRight-handed
RelationsWicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1946Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 3
Runs scored 18
Batting average 6.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 12*
Catches/stumpings 3/3
Source: Cricinfo, 30 December 2009

Arthur Edwards Kimish (5 July 1917 — May 2001) was an English first-class cricketer.

Kimish was born at Southampton in July 1917, and was educated there at Taunton's College.[1] A wicket-keeper, he played club cricket for Old Tauntonians,[2] Kimish made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Leicestershire at Bournemouth in the 1946 County Championship, having been called into the Hampshire side as a replacement for their regular wicket-keeper Neil McCorkell.[1] He made a further two first-class appearances for Hampshire in 1946, both in the County Championship against Lancashire and Surrey.[3] In his three appearances, he scored 18 runs and took three catches and stumpings apiece.[4]

He later moved to Birmingham in the 1960s, where he worked as a manager.[5] Kimish died in Warwickshire in May 2001.

References

  1. ^ a b "Cricket scores". Lincolnshire Echo. Lincoln. 21 August 1946. p. 4. Retrieved 16 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "AE Kimish". www.hampshirecrickethistory.wordpress.com. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  3. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Arthur Kimish". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  4. ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Arthur Kimish". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Brothers admit Rugby smash". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 14 October 1966. p. 54. Retrieved 16 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.