Full name Sir Arthur Sims Role Cricket Player | Batting style Right-handed Name Arthur Sims | |
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Died April 27, 1969, East Hoathly with Halland, United Kingdom | ||
Sir Arthur Sims (27 July 1877 – 27 April 1969) was a New Zealand first-class cricketer who played for Canterbury. He was born in Lincolnshire, England, but played his cricket in New Zealand and, in 1914, for Australia. In 1913-14 he captained an Australian XI in New Zealand, putting on 433 runs for the 8th wicket in 181 minutes with Victor Trumper in the match against Canterbury, which remains the world record for that wicket in first-class cricket.
He was knighted in the 1950 New Year Honours "[f]or services to medicine and education in the British Commonwealth."
He founded the Sir Arthur Sims Scholarship for graduates of Australian and Canadian Universities to study in the United Kingdom.
A biography, 84 Not Out: The Story of Sir Arthur Sims, Kt. by Alan Mitchell, was published in 1962.