Sir Arthur Sims was a New Zealand first class cricketer who played for Canterbury

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. He was born in Lincolnshire

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, England

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but played his cricket in New Zealand and on occasions for Australia. In 1913/14 he captained an Australian XI, putting on 433 runs for the 8th wicket with Victor Trumper

Victor Trumper

Victor Thomas Trumper was an Australian cricketer known as the most stylish and versatile batsman of the Golden Age of cricket, capable of playing match-winning innings on wet wickets his contemporaries found unplayable. Archie MacLaren said of him, "Compared to Victor I was a cab-horse to a Derby...

. It was, and still is, the world record for that wicket in first class cricket.

He was knighted

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 in the 1950 New Year Honours

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 "[f]or services to medicine and education in the British Commonwealth."

He founded the Sir Arthur Sims Scholarship for graduates of Australian and Canadian Universities to study in the United Kingdom.