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Arthur Plowright

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Arthur Plowright
Personal information
Full name
Arthur Vincent Plowright
Born6 October 1916
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Died29 November 1992(1992-11-29) (aged 76)
Guildford, Surrey, England
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1937Scotland
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 36
Batting average 18.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 29
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 2 November 2022

Arthur Vincent Plowright (6 October 1916 — 29 November 1992) was a Scottish first-class cricketer and Royal Air Force officer.

The son of James Plowright, a cricketer and groundsman, he was born at Edinburgh in October 1916 and was educated at Daniel Stewart's College. A club cricketer for Stewart's Former Pupils, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Scotland against Yorkshire at Harrogate on Scotland's 1937 tour of England.[1] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 7 runs by Norman Yardley, while following-on in their second innings he was dismissed for 29 runs by Len Hutton, which was the highest score of the Scottish second innings.[2] Plowright served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, being commissioned as a pilot officer on probation in April 1941.[3] He was confirmed in the rank in April 1942, and was concurrently given the war substantive rank of flight officer.[4] Following the war, he was commended by George VI in the 1947 New Year Honours for 'valuable service in the air',[5] after which promotion to squadron leader in June 1948.[6] He was promoted to wing commander in July 1955,[7] later retiring in November 1971.[8] Plowright was stationed in Berkshire during the 1950s and played in club cricket for Reading.[9] He died at Guildford in November 1992.

References

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  1. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Arthur Plowright". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Yorkshire v Scotland, 1937". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  3. ^ "No. 35151". The London Gazette. 2 May 1941. p. 2515.
  4. ^ "No. 35580". The London Gazette. 2 June 1942. p. 2380.
  5. ^ "No. 37835". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1946. p. 29.
  6. ^ "No. 38483". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 December 1948. p. 6607.
  7. ^ "No. 40524". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 June 1955. p. 3787.
  8. ^ "No. 45543". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 December 1971. p. 13669.
  9. ^ Cricket. Reading Standard. 16 May 1952. p. 10
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