Arthur Coningham (cricketer)

Infobox Historic Cricketer


nationality = Australian
country = Australia
country abbrev = AUS
name = Arthur Coningham
picture = Cricket_no_pic.pngbatting style = Left-hand bat
bowling style = Left-arm fast-medium
tests = 1
test runs = 13
test bat avg = 6.50
test 100s/50s = 0/0
test top score = 10
test balls = 186
test wickets = 2
test bowl avg = 38.00
test 5s = 0
test 10s = 0
test best bowling = 2/17
test catches/stumpings = 0/0
FCs = 35
FC runs = 896
FC bat avg = 15.71
FC 100s/50s = 1/2
FC top score = 151
FC balls =
FC wickets = 112
FC bowl avg = 23.24
FC 5s = 7
FC 10s = 0
FC best bowling = 6/38
FC catches/stumpings = 28/0
debut date = 29 December
debut year = 1894
last date = 29 December
last year = 1894
source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/4611.html Cricinfo

Arthur Coningham (born 14 July 1863, Emerald Hill, Victoria. died 13 June 1939, Gladesville, New South Wales) was an Australian cricketer who played in one Ashes Test in Melbourne in 1894 in which he took a wicket with his first ball. He took 2 for 17 in England's first innings but failed to add to that tally in the second.

He was renowned as something of a joker. In an effort to stay warm while fielding in a tour match in 1897 at a frigid Blackpool he gathered straw and twigs and started a fire on the outfield

He found life difficult after he retired from the game, serving time in jail for fraud and died in an asylum. He was involved in a famous scandal in 1899 when he sued his wife for divorce on the basis of her adultery with a Roman Catholic priest.cite web
first=Bede
last=Nairn
title =Coningham, Arthur (1863 - 1939)
publisher =Australian National University
work=Australian Dictionary of Biography
url =http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080094b.htm
accessdate = 2007-05-14]

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