- Arthur Jepson
Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Arthur Jepson
country = England
fullname = Arthur Jepson
living =
dayofbirth = 12
monthofbirth = 7
yearofbirth = 1915
placeofbirth =Selston ,Nottinghamshire
countryofbirth =England
dayofdeath = 17
monthofdeath = 7
yearofdeath = 1997
placeofdeath =Kirkby-in-Ashfield ,Nottinghamshire
countryofdeath =England
batting = Right-handed batsman
bowling = Right-arm fast-medium
role = Bowler
club1 = Nottinghamshire
year1 = 1938-1959
deliveries = balls
columns = 1
column1 = First-class
matches1 = 392
runs1 = 6369
bat avg1 = 14.31
100s/50s1 = 1/11
top score1 = 130
deliveries1 = 71573
wickets1 = 1051
bowl avg1 = 29.08
fivefor1 = 40
tenfor1 = 6
best bowling1 = 8/45
catches/stumpings1 = 200/0
date = July 22
year = 1959
source = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30620/30620.html CricketArchiveArthur Jepson (
July 12 ,1915 -July 17 ,1997 ) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire before becoming an umpire.Jepson, a right-arm fast-medium bowler, made his county debut as a 23 year old in 1938. He had his best summer in 1947 when he took 115 wickets at 27.78, the only occasion when he took more than 100 wickets in a season. [cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30620/f_Bowling_by_Season.html| title= First-class Bowling in Each Season by Arthur Jepson| publisher=CricketArchive] On the back of his prolific summer he represented the
Marylebone Cricket Club twice the following year.In a match against Leicestershire in 1958, his penultimate season, he took a career best 8 for 45 to dismiss Leicestershire in their second innings for 128. He brought up his 1000th first-class wicket when he had first innings century maker and captain Willie Watson caught by Norman Hill. [cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/23/23126.html| title=Nottinghamshire v Leicestershire County Championship 1958| publisher=CricketArchive]
He batted mostly in the lower order and made a solitary century in his first-class career, an innings of 130 against Worcestershire at Trent Bridge when he shared in a sixth wicket partnership of 270 with opener
Reg Simpson . [cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19362.html| title=Nottinghamshire v Worcestershire County Championship 1950| publisher=CricketArchive]After retiring as a cricketer, Jepson turned to umpiring and officiated in county matches up until 1985. During the late 1960s he umpired four Test matches, the first of which was between England and the West Indies at Nottingham, where
Basil Butcher scored a double hundred. [cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/28/28227.html| title=England v West Indies 3rd Test 1966| publisher=CricketArchive] He also umpired in fiveOne Day International s, including three at the1975 Cricket World Cup . [cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30620/Umpire_in_One-Day_International_Matches.html| title=Arthur Jepson as Umpire in One-Day International Matches| publisher=CricketArchive]Jepson also had a career in English football as a goalkeeper, playing for Port Vale, Stoke City and Lincoln City.
References
External links
* [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30620/30620.html CricketArchive]
* [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/15686.html Cricinfo profile]
* [http://www.thegingerbreads.co.uk/gtfcstats/player.php?id=1205 Summary of his football career]
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