Arthur Sellers

Arthur Sellers (31 May 1870 – 25 September 1941) was an English amateur first-class cricketer, who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1890 to 1899,[1] and in other first-class matches for the North of England (1893) and Gentlemen of England (1895).

Arthur Sellers
Personal information
Born(1870-05-31)31 May 1870
Keighley, Yorkshire, England
Died25 September 1941(1941-09-25) (aged 71)
Keighley, Yorkshire, England
BattingRight-handed
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 53
Runs scored 1,852
Batting average 19.91
100s/50s 2/7
Top score 105
Balls bowled 220
Wickets 2
Bowling average 74.50
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 74.50
Catches/stumpings 47/–

Born in Keighley, Yorkshire, Sellers, in 53 first-class games, scored 1,852 runs at 19.91, hitting two centuries against Middlesex and Somerset. Sellers took 47 catches and two wickets, at 74.50. Both victims came in a spell of 2 for 28 against Kent.

Sellers died in Keighley in September 1941.

His son, Brian Sellers, was Yorkshire captain from 1933 to 1947, and a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1940.

References
  1. Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 377. ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.


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