Arthur Lamb was an English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

er. Lamb's batting and bowling

Bowling (cricket)

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 styles are unknown. He was born at Cheltenham

Cheltenham

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, Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire

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.

He made two first-class

First-class cricket

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 appearances for Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire County Cricket Club

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. The first of these came against Yorkshire

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

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 in the 1895 County Championship

1895 County Championship

The 1895 County Championship was the sixth officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 6 May to 2 September 1895. Surrey claimed their fifth title, which was decided by the percentage of completed matches by each side....

. His second appearance came against Lancashire

Lancashire County Cricket Club

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 in the 1896 County Championship

1896 County Championship

The 1896 County Championship was the seventh officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 4 May to 31 August 1896. Yorkshire County Cricket Club claimed victory that year, winning 16 of their 26 matches and losing only three...

. Lamb had little success in either match, scoring 24 runs and taking no wickets.

He died at Cliftonville

Cliftonville

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, Kent

Kent

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 on 26 July 1908.

External links

• Arthur Lamb at ESPNcricinfo
• Arthur Lamb at CricketArchive
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