Arthur Webb

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Arthur Webb
Personal information
Full name
Arthur Stuart Webb
Born(1868-08-06)6 August 1868
Bridge, Kent, England
Died3 December 1952(1952-12-03) (aged 84)
Briton Ferry, Glamorgan, Wales
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RelationsGeorge Webb (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1895–1904Hampshire
1912Glamorgan
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 151
Runs scored 5,515
Batting average 21.54
100s/50s 2/28
Top score 162*
Balls bowled 1,821
Wickets 22
Bowling average 46.50
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 2/18
Catches/stumpings 83/–
Source: Cricinfo, 20 February 2010

Arthur Stuart Webb (6 August 1868 – 3 December 1952) was an English first-class cricketer. Webb was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace.

Career with Hampshire

Webb was born at Bridge in Kent in August 1868, where his father, James, was a publican who ran The White Horse. His mother, Harriet, came from Newmarket in Suffolk.[1] Webb made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire County Cricket Club against Essex at Leyton in the 1895 County Championship, with Webb appearing twice more in 1895.[2] He established himself in the Hampshire team in 1896, making fifteen appearances in the County Championship, as well as appearing against the touring Australians at Southampton.[2] Webb scored his maiden first-class century the following season, making 111 against Sussex, which accounted for over half of Hampshire's runs in their first innings of 218 all out.[3] His sixteen first-class appearances in 1897 yielded 584 runs at an average of 20.85; his average dropped to 12.25 from eighteen appearances the following season.[4] Webb's batting returns improved over the following seasons. In 1899, he scored 640 runs at an average of 23.70 from sixteen matches, while in 1900 he scored 830 runs at an average of 25.93 from seventeen matches. His improved returns culminated in 1901, when he passed a thousand runs for the season, having scored 1,020 at an average exactly 34 from nineteen matches.[4]

In 1902 and 1903, his effectiveness as a batsman decreased.[4] He played his final season for Hampshire in 1904, a season in which he was granted a benefit against Surrey;[5] it was in his benefit match that he made his career high score of 162 not out, having batted all day on the third day. The match was badly affected by rain, with no play being possible on the second day of the match. As a result, his benefit was restricted to £150.[6] In 149 first-class appearances for Hampshire, he scored 5,475 runs at an average of 21.72, making two centuries and 28 half centuries.[7] Lamenting on his batting in the 1904 season, the Southampton Observer and Hampshire News remarked "while he is batting Webb never looks like getting out, but he does get out all too often". [8] While playing for Hampshire, Webb made a first-class appearance in 1904 for the Players of the South against the Gentlemen of England at Bournemouth.[2]

Move to Wales

Also in 1912, Webb played a single Minor Counties Championship match for Glamorgan against the Surrey Second XI. In 1912 Webb played his final first-class match for South Wales against the touring Australians.

Following his move to Wales, Webb was a professional and groundsman at Briton Ferry Steelworks and later coached cricket at Christ College, Brecon. Webb died at Briton Ferry, Glamorgan on 3 December 1952.

Family

Webb's brother George made a single first-class appearance for Kent against Sussex in 1880.

References

  1. ^ Carlaw, Derek (2020). Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part Three: 1946–1999 (PDF). Cardiff: ACS. pp. 488–89.
  2. ^ a b c "First-Class Matches played by Arthur Webb". Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Hampshire v Sussex, County Championship 1897". Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  4. ^ a b c "First-Class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Arthur Webb". Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Cricket notes". Southampton Observer and Hampshire News. 30 April 1904. p. 2. Retrieved 9 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ Sweetman, Simon (2012). H.V. Hesketh-Prichard: Amazing Stories. Cardiff: ACS Publications. p. 61. ISBN 9781908165213.
  7. ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Arthur Webb". Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Cricket notes". Southampton Observer and Hampshire News. 28 May 1904. p. 2. Retrieved 9 July 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.

External links

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