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| Full name | Arthur Staples | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 January 1878 Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 August 1954 (aged 76) Wellington, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Dick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1901/02–1903/04 | Wellington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 15 December 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arthur "Dick" Staples (8 January 1878 – 13 August 1954) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in four first-class matches for Wellington from 1901 to 1904.
Staples was born in Wellington. He attended Wellington College, and worked in Wellington as a bootmaker.
Staples had a reputation in Wellington cricket as a "stonewaller" – an unadventurous, careful batsman. He was Wellington's most successful batsman on their short northern tour of December 1903. He was their top scorer in the first match, a loss to Hawke's Bay, when he opened in the first innings and scored 78 in four and a half hours; in the second innings he went in at number six and made 31 not out.: 425 He was the highest scorer on either side in the second match, when Wellington defeated Auckland, making 67 in three and three-quarter hours in the first innings.: 428 With 212 runs at an average of 42.40, he was the third-highest run-getter in the New Zealand season. However, he played no further first-class matches.
Staples died in Wellington on 13 August 1954, aged 76. He had been predeceased by his wife, Eva Ethel Staples, in 1951.