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{{Short description|English cricketer and British Army medical officer (1877–1930)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Arthur Samuel Arthur
| nickname =
| birth_date = 16 March 1877
| birth_place = [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], [[Northumberland]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1930|9|9|1877|3|16|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Carlisle]], [[Cumberland]], England
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling =
| role =
| family =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1918/19–1919/20
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 26
| bat avg1 = 13.00
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 21
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| date = 15 May
| year = 2023
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/arthur-arthur-26415 ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Arthur Samuel Arthur''' {{postnominal|OBE}} (16 March 1877 — 9 September 1930) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Army]] officer.

The son Samuel Arthur,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002562/19061110/031/0002|title=Interesting Ealing wedding|work=Ealing Gazette and West Middlesex Observer|page=2|date=10 November 1906|access-date=15 May 2023|url-access=subscription|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> he was born at [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] in March 1877. After completing his studies in medicine, Arthur was elected a fellow of the [[Royal College of Physicians|Royal College of Physicians of London]] in 1894.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gImtEAAAQBAJ|title=List of the Fellows, Members, Extra-Licentiates and Licentiates of the Royal College of Physicians of London|publisher=Anatiposi Verlag|location=London|page=61|date=2023|isbn=9783382304645}}</ref> Arthur was commissioned into the [[Royal Army Medical Corps]] (RAMC) as a [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in February 1904.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27645|date=12 February 1904|page=942}}</ref> He served in the [[First World War]] with the RAMC, holding the rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] at the start of the war. He was promoted to [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] in May 1915,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29237|date=20 July 1915|page=7159|supp=y}}</ref> before being temporarily appointed a [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] whilst in command of [[field ambulance]]s.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29451|date=25 January 1916|page=1087|supp=y}}</ref> Shortly after the conclusion of the war, Arthur served in [[British India]], where he made two appearances in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Indians cricket team|Indians]] at [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium|Madras]] in the 1918–19 and 1919–20 [[Madras Presidency Matches]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12638/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Arthur Arthur|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=15 May 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored 26 runs in his two matches, with a highest score of 21.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12638/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Arthur Arthur|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=15 May 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He was made an [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] in September 1921.<ref>{{London Gazette|city=Edinburgh|issue=13742|date=13 September 1921|page=1256}}</ref> He retired from active service in July 1922, at which point he was promoted to lieutenant colonel.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32733|date=28 July 1922|page=5610}}</ref> Arthur died at Blackhall Woods near [[Carlisle]] in September 1930; it was noted by his obituary that he had previously acted as medical officer at the [[Border Regiment]] depot at Carlisle.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000711/19300910/072/0002|title=Death of Border Regiment's Medical Officer|work=[[Lancashire Evening Post]]|location=Preston|page=2|date=10 September 1930|access-date=15 May 2023|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=26415}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Arthur, Arthur}}
[[Category:1877 births]]
[[Category:1930 deaths]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Newcastle upon Tyne]]
[[Category:19th-century English medical doctors]]
[[Category:Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians]]
[[Category:20th-century English medical doctors]]
[[Category:Royal Army Medical Corps officers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire]]

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