Arthur Kimish
English cricketer
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Arthur Edwards Kimish (5 July 1917 — May 2001) was an English first-class cricketer.
Southampton, Hampshire, England
Warwickshire, England
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| Full name | Arthur Edwards Kimish | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 July 1917 Southampton, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | May 2001 (aged 83) Warwickshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1946 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 30 December 2009 | |||||||||||||||
Kimish was born at Southampton in July 1917, and was educated there at Taunton's College.[1] A wicket-keeper, he played club cricket for Old Tauntonians,[2] Kimish made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Leicestershire at Bournemouth in the 1946 County Championship, having been called into the Hampshire side as a replacement for their regular wicket-keeper Neil McCorkell.[1] He made a further two first-class appearances for Hampshire in 1946, both in the County Championship against Lancashire and Surrey.[3] In his three appearances, he scored 18 runs and took three catches and stumpings apiece.[4]
He later moved to Birmingham in the 1960s, where he worked as a manager.[5] Kimish died in Warwickshire in May 2001.