- Arthur Conway
Arthur Joseph Conway (
1 April 1885 -29 October 1954 ) was an Englishcricketer : a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast bowler (although his "Wisden" obituary says merely "rather more than medium pace""Obituaries in 1954".Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1955.] ) who played 29 times for Worcestershire (and twice for HK Foster's XI) between 1910 and 1919.Conway took 54 wickets in his first-class career, of which no fewer than 15 came in a single match in June 1914: playing for Worcestershire against Gloucestershire at
Moreton-in-Marsh , he took 9-38 in the first innings and 6-49 in the second for match figures of 15-87; this remains the best match analysis for the county. [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Worcestershire/Records/Firstclass/Bowling_Records/Best_Match_Bowling_For.html Worcestershire First-Class Bowling Records] , retrieved20 June 2006 .]A poor batsman, Conway scored just 165 runs in 52 innings (
batting average 4.34), with a highest score was 20 not out.He also played football for Aston Villa and Wolves.
Conway was born in
Stirchley ,Worcestershire ; he died at the age of 69 in South Shore,Blackpool ,Lancashire .References
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* [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28680/28680.html Statistical summary] fromCricketArchive
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