Arthur Plowright
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| Full name | Arthur Vincent Plowright | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 October 1916 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 November 1992 (aged 76) Guildford, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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| 1937 | Scotland | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 2 November 2022 | |||||||||||||||
Arthur Vincent Plowright (6 October 1916 — 29 November 1992) was a Scottish first-class cricketer and Royal Air Force officer.
The son of James Plowright, a cricketer and groundsman, he was born at Edinburgh in October 1916 and was educated at Daniel Stewart's College. A club cricketer for Stewart's Former Pupils, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Scotland against Yorkshire at Harrogate on Scotland's 1937 tour of England.[1] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 7 runs by Norman Yardley, while following-on in their second innings he was dismissed for 29 runs by Len Hutton, which was the highest score of the Scottish second innings.[2] Plowright served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, being commissioned as a pilot officer on probation in April 1941.[3] He was confirmed in the rank in April 1942, and was concurrently given the war substantive rank of flight officer.[4] Following the war, he was commended by George VI in the 1947 New Year Honours for 'valuable service in the air',[5] after which promotion to squadron leader in June 1948.[6] He was promoted to wing commander in July 1955,[7] later retiring in November 1971.[8] Plowright was stationed in Berkshire during the 1950s and played in club cricket for Reading.[9] He died at Guildford in November 1992.
References
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Arthur Plowright". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "Yorkshire v Scotland, 1937". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "No. 35151". The London Gazette. 2 May 1941. p. 2515.
- ^ "No. 35580". The London Gazette. 2 June 1942. p. 2380.
- ^ "No. 37835". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1946. p. 29.
- ^ "No. 38483". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 December 1948. p. 6607.
- ^ "No. 40524". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 June 1955. p. 3787.
- ^ "No. 45543". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 December 1971. p. 13669.
- ^ Cricket. Reading Standard. 16 May 1952. p. 10