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{{short description|English cricketer, physician, and soldier}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Arthur Foster
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Arthur Leslie Foster
| birth_date = 1 November 1891
| birth_place = [[Balham]], [[Surrey]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1956|8|16|1891|11|1|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[East Stour, Dorset|East Stour]], [[Dorset]], England
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|1924/25–1925/26}}
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 3
| runs1 = 106
| bat avg1 = 21.20
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 44
| deliveries1 = ?
| wickets1 = 0
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| date = 23 December
| year = 2023
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/arthur-foster-28685 Cricinfo
}}

'''Arthur Leslie Foster''' (1 November 1881 – 16 August 1956) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er, medical doctor, and an officer in the [[British Army]].

The son of the merchant Norman R. Foster, he was born at [[Balham]] in November 1881. He was educated at [[Westminster School]],<ref name="NEWS">{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000938/19081118/092/0008|title=Wedding|work=Brighton Gazette|page=8|date=18 November 1908|access-date=23 December 2023|url-access=subscription|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> before matriculating to study medicine at [[GKT School of Medical Education|Guy's Hospital]] in [[London Borough of Southwark|Southwark]].<ref name="RAMC">{{cite book|title=Commissioned Officers in the Medical Services of the British Army, 1660-1960|first=Alfred|last=Peterkin|date=1963|page=87|publisher=[[Wellcome Library|Wellcome Historical Medical Library]]|location=[[London]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y5DWAAAAMAAJ|language=en}}</ref> From there, he gained a commission into the [[Royal Army Medical Corps]] (RAMC) as a probationary [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in February 1908.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28115|date=3 March 1908|page=1498}}</ref> After being confirmed in the rank in August of that year.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28167|date=14 August 1908|page=5984}}</ref> he was promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in August 1911.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28524|date=22 August 1911|page=6227}}</ref> Following the end of the [[First World War]], he was made an acting [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] in August 1919,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31634|date=7 November 1919|page=13638|supp=y}}</ref> prior to gaining the permanent rank in February 1920.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31768|date=3 February 1920|page=1534|supp=y}}</ref>

While stationed in [[British India]], Foster played [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] on three occasions in the [[Lahore Tournament]]'s of 1924–25 and 1925–26, playing twice against the [[Muslims cricket team|Muslims]] and once against the [[Sikhs cricket team|Sikhs]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13449/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Arthur Foster|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=23 December 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In these, he scored 106 runs at an [[batting average (cricket)|average]] of 21.20, with a highest score of 44.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13449/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Arthur Foster|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=23 December 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In the RAMC, he was promoted to [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] in November 1932,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33886|date=25 November 1932|page=7504}}</ref> with a further promotion to [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|colonel]] following in October 1936.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34330|date=9 October 1936|page=6432}}</ref> He retired from active service in November 1938 with the rank of [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|colonel]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34567|date=4 November 1938|page=6888}}</ref> Foster was recalled to service in the [[Second World War]], during which he was [[mentioned in dispatches]] in December 1940.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=35020|date=20 December 1940|page=7175|supp=y}}</ref> His war service lasted until November 1941, when he exceeded the age for recall.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=35464|date=20 February 1942|page=887|supp=y}}</ref> Foster died in August 1956 at [[East Stour, Dorset]]; he had married Edith Kate Summerhayes in November 1908.<ref name="NEWS"/>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=28685}}

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[[Category:1881 births]]
[[Category:1956 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Balham]]
[[Category:Cricketers from the London Borough of Wandsworth]]
[[Category:People educated at Westminster School, London]]
[[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:British Army personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:Military personnel from the London Borough of Wandsworth]]

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