Arthur Maynard (28 February 1909 – 16 November 1959) was a West Indian cricketer and footballer who played for

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and for

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. He was born in

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. A right-hand batsman, he played two first-class matches against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) side of 1934/35. Between the first and second

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the MCC played two three-day matches against Trinidad at the

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. In the first of these Maynard made his first-class debut, opening the batting in Trinidad's first innings he scored 200

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in a team total of 371/6 declared, his innings contained 30 boundaries and the score was just five short of the record at the ground. In Trinidad's second innings Maynard batted at number ten and scored 2 not out as the match was drawn. In the second match Maynard scored 4 before he was dismissed by MCC

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. After dismissing the MCC for 103 Trinidad required 100 for victory but in 12 remaining overs they managed 86 so the match was drawn, Maynard didn't bat. This was Maynard's second and last first-class match, he therefore ended his career with a

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of 206. Maynard made two appearances, in 1933 and 1935, for North Trinidad against South Trinidad in the

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, however the competition wasn't awarded first-class status until 1959. He played football as a full-back for the Trinidad and Tobago national team and

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in Trinidad and Tobago.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Maynard, Arthur 1909 births 1959 deaths Trinidad and Tobago cricketers Cricketers who have scored double centuries on first-class cricket debut Trinidad and Tobago men's international footballers