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.
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| Full name | Arthur Westland Rees | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 September 1866 Hokitika, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 January 1921 (aged 54) Gisborne, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | William Lee Rees (father) Grace family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1889/90 | Auckland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1896/97 | Hawke's Bay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 6 May 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Life and career
editRees'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]
References
edit- ^ a b "Arthur Rees". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
- ^ a b c "Death of Mr. A. W. Rees". Poverty Bay Herald: 3. 3 January 1921.
- ^ T. W. Reese, New Zealand Cricket: 1841–1914, Simpson & Williams, Christchurch, 1927, pp. 277–79.
- ^ "Otago v Auckland 1889-90". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ "Canterbury v Auckland 1889-90". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ "First-class Bowling in New Zealand for 1889/90". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ "Marriages". Poverty Bay Herald: 2. 15 May 1893.