Arthur Strachan Winterbotham (28 June 1864 – 15 June 1936) was an English

cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...

er who played for the

Marylebone Cricket Club The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's, Lord's Cricket Ground, which it owns, in St John's Wood, London, England. The club was the governing body of cricket from 1788 to 1989 and retain ...

between 1881 and 1886, and appeared in three

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matches for

Gloucestershire Gloucestershire ( , ; abbreviated Glos.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Herefordshire to the north-west, Worcestershire to the north, Warwickshire to the north-east, Oxfordshire ...

in 1885. A right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm slow bowler whose father

Arthur Winterbotham Arthur Brend Winterbotham (19 April 1838 – 8 September 1892) was an English cloth manufacturer and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party politician. Winterbotham was the son of Lindsey Winterbotham and Sarah Ann Page. His father was a banker of S ...

was a

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politician, Winterbotham scored 52 runs in total, and bowled without taking a wicket. Born in

Dursley Dursley is a market town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Stroud District of Gloucestershire, England. It lies between the cities of Bristol and Gloucester. It is under the northeast flank of Stinchcombe#Stinchcombe Hill, St ...

, he died in

Stonehouse, Gloucestershire Stonehouse is a town in the Stroud District of Gloucestershire in southwestern England. The town centre is 2.5 miles east of the M5 motorway, junction 13. Stonehouse railway station has a regular train service to London. The town is situated ...

, aged 71.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Winterbotham, Arthur 1864 births 1936 deaths English cricketers of 1864 to 1889 Gloucestershire cricketers English cricketers People from Dursley