Arthur Edward Liddicut (17 October 1891 – 8 April 1983) was an Australian
cricket
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er. He played
first-class cricket
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for
Victoria between 1912 and 1933.
A lower-middle-order batsman and fast-medium bowler, Liddicut toured New Zealand with an
Australian team in 1920-21, playing both of the matches against
New Zealand
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, but did not play
Test cricket
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. His highest first-class score was 152 for Victoria against
South Australia
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in 1920-21, batting at number nine. His best bowling figures were 7 for 40 against
Tasmania
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in 1929-30 when, captaining Victoria, he opened the bowling and bowled throughout the innings, dismissing Tasmania for 77. Against the
touring MCC team in 1922-23 he took 4 for 16 from 15 eight-ball overs then scored 102 in 138 minutes.
He played 23 seasons of
district cricket for
Fitzroy (after also playing two seasons with
St Kilda in 1912/13 and 1913/14), and was still in the team in his late 40s; and served as the club's delegate to the
Victorian Cricket Association
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...
from 1931 to 1970.
[''The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket'', Oxford, Melbourne, 1996, pp. 305–6.]
See also
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List of Victoria first-class cricketers
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Below is a chronological list of cricketers t ...
References
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1891 births
1983 deaths
Australian cricketers
Victoria cricketers
Cricketers from Melbourne
Australian cricket administrators
20th-century Australian sportsmen