Arthur Rees (cricketer)

Arthur Westland Rees (9 September 1866 – 1 January 1921) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Auckland and Hawke's Bay between 1889 and 1897.[1] In his first two first-class matches he took 25 wickets.

Arthur Rees
Personal information
Full name
Arthur Westland Rees
Born(1866-09-09)9 September 1866
Hokitika, New Zealand
Died1 January 1921(1921-01-01) (aged 54)
Gisborne, New Zealand
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleBowler
RelationsWilliam Lee Rees (father)
Grace family
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1889–90Auckland
1896–97Hawke's Bay
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 6
Runs scored 13
Batting average 1.85
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 6
Balls bowled 1400
Wickets 41
Bowling average 13.02
5 wickets in innings 4
10 wickets in match 2
Best bowling 8/36
Catches/stumpings 5/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 6 May 2022

Life and career

Rees's father was William Lee Rees, who was a cousin of W. G. Grace and other members of the Grace and Gilbert families.[1] Arthur Rees was born in Hokitika and educated at Auckland Grammar School before going to Caius College, Cambridge. He returned to New Zealand in 1889 and was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in 1890.[2] He established a law practice in Gisborne in 1893.[2]

A left-arm slow bowler, Rees took 32 wickets for 226 in the three matches of Auckland's southern tour in 1889–90.[3] He began with 6 for 27 and 8 for 36 against Otago, bowling unchanged on his first-class debut,[4] and a few days later he took 7 for 35 and 4 for 63 against Canterbury.[5] He was the leading bowler in New Zealand that season, with 38 wickets at an average of 10.94.[6]

Rees married Mabel Margaret Crawford in Gisborne in May 1893.[7] He died at his home in Gisborne early on New Year's Day 1921 after a short illness. His wife, a son and three daughters survived him.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Arthur Rees". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  2. "Death of Mr. A. W. Rees". Poverty Bay Herald: 3. 3 January 1921.
  3. T. W. Reese, New Zealand Cricket: 1841–1914, Simpson & Williams, Christchurch, 1927, pp. 277–79.
  4. "Otago v Auckland 1889-90". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  5. "Canterbury v Auckland 1889-90". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  6. "First-class Bowling in New Zealand for 1889/90". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  7. "Marriages". Poverty Bay Herald: 2. 15 May 1893.
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