Arthur Powys

Arthur Powys
Personal information
Full name
Arthur Littleton Powys
Born(1842-10-17)17 October 1842
Thrapston, Northamptonshire, England
Died8 October 1875(1875-10-08) (aged 32)
Alexandra Colony, Santa Fe Province, Argentina
RelationsRichard Powys (brother)
Walter Powys (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1863-64 to 1867-68Canterbury
Source: Cricinfo, 20 October 2020

Arthur Powys (17 October 1842 – 8 October 1875) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in four first-class matches for Canterbury from 1863 to 1868.[1]

Powys was born in Northamptonshire. He took the first catch in New Zealand first-class cricket in the match against Otago in January 1864 when he caught Charles Morris off the bowling of John Stevens for 1.[2][3][4] A useful slow bowler and wicket-keeper, he captained Canterbury several times before returning to England in 1868.[5] His brother Richard also played for Canterbury in the 1860s.

Powys was the first farmer in the Canterbury region to use steam-powered machinery. He imported the machinery from England in 1866 to use on his farm at Waipara, north of Christchurch.[6]

Powys died in Argentina, where he was one of the settlers in the Alexandra Colony in Santa Fe Province in the 1870s.[7][8] He died on 8 October 1875, one of a number of the colonists who were killed by the local indigenous inhabitants.[9]

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References

  1. ^ "Arthur Powys". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Canterbury against Otago". Press: 3. 3 February 1864.
  3. ^ "Otago v Canterbury 1863-64". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Cricket: Canterbury v Otago". Otago Daily Times: 5. 28 January 1864.
  5. ^ "Cricket in Canterbury". Press: 2. 16 May 1868.
  6. ^ "Social and Domestic". Lyttelton Times: 5. 15 September 1866.
  7. ^ "Arthur Littleton Powys". Ancestry. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Arthur Powys' Journal". Colonia Alejandra/Alexandra Colony 1871-91. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Entierros". Colonia Alejandra/Alexandra Colony 1871-91. Retrieved 25 October 2020.