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Arthur William Crichton JP DL (25 June 1833 – 4 February 1882) was an English first-class cricketer and naturalist.

The son of William John Crichton, he was born in June 1833 at Bushey, Hertfordshire. He was educated at Radley College, before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge. He played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Cambridge University Cricket Club at Cambridge in 1856. Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 2 runs in the MCC first innings by Matthews Kempson, while in their second innings he remained unbeaten on 7.

Crichton was a naturalist who was a Fellow of the London Zoological Society and the Linnean Society of London. Resident in Shropshire at Broadward Hall, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Shropshire in April 1880 and also served as a justice of the peace. Crichton died at Westminster in February 1882. His nephews, Lord Lilford and Walter Powys, both played first-class cricket, as did his great-nephew Horatio Powys-Keck.

References

1. Venn, John (1944). Alumni Cantabrigienses. Vol. 2. Cambridge University Press. p. 178.
2. "First-Class Matches played by Arthur Crichton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
3. "Cambridge University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1856". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
4. The Ibis. British Ornithologists' Union. 1879. p. 5.
5. "No. 24833". The London Gazette. 13 April 1880. p. 2513.
6. Lady Adelaide Law. The Illustrated London News. 18 February 1882. p. 26

External links

• Arthur Crichton at ESPNcricinfo

• 1833 births
• 1882 deaths
• People from Bushey
• People educated at Radley College
• Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
• English cricketers
• Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
• Fellows of the Zoological Society of London
• Fellows of the Linnean Society of London
• Deputy lieutenants of Shropshire
• English justices of the peace
• Cricketers from Hertfordshire