John Arenhold
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| Full name | John Adolf Arenhold | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
9 May 1931 Plumstead, Cape Town, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1953 to 1955 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1956-57 | Ceylon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1959-60 | Orange Free State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 22 July 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Adolf Arenhold (born 9 May 1931 in Plumstead, Cape Town) is a former South African cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1953 to 1960.
Arenhold went to school at Diocesan College, Cape Town, before attending University College, Oxford.[1] He played as an opening bowler for Oxford University from 1953 to 1955, gaining his Blue in 1954. His best bowling figures for Oxford were 6 for 37 against Middlesex in 1954.[2] When his form fell away in 1955 he was left out of the side, only to take his best first-class figures, 7 for 97, against Oxford for D.R. Jardine's XI.[3]
After graduating from Oxford he lived from 1956 to 1958 in Ceylon, working for Shell as a management trainee.[4] He played cricket for Colombo Cricket Club and Rugby union for Dimbulla Athletic and Cricket Club, and represented Ceylon at both sports.[5] Playing for Ceylon in the Gopalan Trophy against Madras in 1956-57 he took 6 for 17 and 5 for 26 to help Ceylon to a five-wicket victory at Colombo Oval.[6] His match figures of 11 for 43 are a record for Sri Lanka in Gopalan Trophy matches.
Returning to South Africa, he played a season for Orange Free State in the Currie Cup, opening the bowling with Sydney Burke and taking 16 wickets at an average of 20.56 in five matches.[7] He retired from first-class cricket after the season.
References
- ↑ Wisden 1955, p. 273.
- ↑ Oxford University v Middlesex 1954
- ↑ D.R. Jardine's XI v Oxford University 1955
- ↑ Neil Wijeratne, Batting on a Matting Wicket, Neil Wijeratne, Wattala, 2011, p. 23.
- ↑ Dim – Dicks reborn Retrieved 22 July 2014.
- ↑ Ceylon Cricket Association v Madras 1956-57
- ↑ Orange Free State bowling 1959-60