Arthur Lamb (17 December 1868 – 26 July 1908) was an English

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er. Lamb's batting and

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styles are unknown. He was born at Cheltenham,

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. He made two first-class appearances for

. The first of these came against

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in the

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. His second appearance was against

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in the

1896 County Championship The 1896 County Championship was the seventh officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 4 May to 31 August 1896. Yorkshire County Cricket Club claimed victory that year, winning 16 of their 26 matches and losing only th ...

. Lamb had little success in either match, scoring 24 runs and taking no wickets. He died at

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on 26 July 1908.

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