Arthur Day (Kent cricketer)

Arthur Day
Day (right) with C. B. Fry during the match celebrating the centenary of Lord's cricket ground, played between South Africa and England on 22 June 1914
Personal information
Full name
Arthur Percival Day
Born(1885-04-10)10 April 1885
Blackheath, Kent
Died22 January 1969(1969-01-22) (aged 83)
Budleigh Salterton, Devon
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm leg spin
Right arm fast-medium
RelationsSamuel Day (brother)
Sydney Day (brother)
David Day (son)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1905–1925Kent
1907–1912MCC
First-class debut22 May 1905 Kent v MCC
Last First-class18 July 1925 Kent v Surrey
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 157
Runs scored 7,174
Batting average 32.90
100s/50s 13/38
Top score 184*
Balls bowled 7,334
Wickets 132
Bowling average 26.36
5 wickets in innings 4
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 8/49
Catches/stumpings 92/–
Source: CricInfo, 6 April 2016

Arthur Percival Day (10 April 1885 – 22 January 1969) was an English amateur cricketer who played for Kent County Cricket Club during the period of the county's greatest success in the County Championship before World War I. He played in all four of Kent's Championship winning sides in the pre-war period and scored over 7,000 first-class runs. He was chosen as one of the Cricketers of the Year in 1910.