Arthur Kitt

George Arthur Kitt (1853 – 2 February 1940) was an English-born cricketer. He played one first-class match in New Zealand for Otago during the 1886–87 season.[1][2]

Arthur Kitt
Personal information
Full name
George Arthur Kitt
Born1853
Shoreditch, Middlesex, England
Died2 February 1940 (aged 86–87)
Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1886/87Otago
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 15 May 2016

Arthur Kitt was born at Shoreditch[lower-alpha 1] in England during early 1853,[2][3] the son of James Kitt.[4] He studied accountancy in London and later emigrated to New Zealand where he worked as a clerk in a variety of businesses. He married Caroline Jones at Dunedin in December 1883 before moving to Australia, taking up a position in Sydney.[4][5] He later moved to Campbelltown, working first as a bookkeeper for E & W Fieldhouse, a stores company, before working for 25 years as the chief accountant for Newtown Municipal Council.[4]

After playing club cricket in Dunedin for a number of years, including for the Carisbrook club,[6] Kitt made his debut for Otago in a match against a touring Australian team in November 1886, featuring in a side made up of 22 players.[lower-alpha 2] Later in the season he appeared in his only first-class match, opening the bowling for Otago against Canterbury at Lancaster Park in Christchurch in February 1887. He took only one wicket in a heavy defeat, although he scored 17 runs in Otago's first innings.[2]

Kitt and his wife lived in Campbelltown for more than 40 years and had two children. He died at his home 1940, aged 87.[4][7]

Notes
  1. An obituary states that Kitt was born at Bath.
  2. This match is not considered first-class.

References
  1. "George Kitt". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  2. "George Kitt". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  3. McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
  4. Obituary: George Arthur Kitt, Campbelltown News, 9 February 1940, p. 1.(Available online at Trove. Retrieved 9 July 2023.)
  5. Marriages, Otago Witness, issue 1674, 22 December 1883, p. 21. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 9 July 2023.)
  6. Carisbrook Cricket Club, Evening Star, issue 7326, 26 September 1887, p. 1. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 9 July 2023.)
  7. Obituary: Caroline Elizabeth Annie Kitt, Campbelltown News, 7 December 1945, p. 6.(Available online at Trove. Retrieved 9 July 2023.)
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