Arthur Dummett (18 November 1900 – 4 June 1968) was an Australian
cricket
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er. He played one
first-class cricket
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match for
Victoria
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in 1922.
Family
The son of Henry Peter James Dummett (1857-1921), and Jessie Adeline Dummett (1856-1928), née Rouse, Arthur William Dummett was born in Melbourne on 18 November 1900.
He was the brother of Collingwood footballers
Alf Dummett (1880-1955), and
Charlie Dummett (1891-1976), and the father of Richmond footballer
Bob Dummett
Arthur Robert "Bob" Dummett (3 October 1935 – 13 April 1994) was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1954 and 1961 for the Richmond Football Club
The Richmond Football Club, nickname ...
.
He married Lillian Lee in 1922. They were divorced in 1934.
He married Annie Rimes in 1937. Their daughter, Joy, died in her infancy, aged 2.
He died, at Ivanhoe, on 4 June 1968.
Deaths: Dummett, ''The Age'', (Wednesday, 5 June 1968), p.23.
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See also
* List of Victoria first-class cricketers
This is a list of Victoria first-class cricketers. The Victoria cricket team have played first-class cricket since 1851, when they played the Tasmania cricket team at Launceston, Tasmania, Launceston.
Below is a chronological list of cricketers t ...
Footnotes
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1900 births
1968 deaths
Australian cricketers
Victoria cricketers
Cricketers from Melbourne
20th-century Australian sportsmen
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