 Arthur Luard | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Arthur John Hamilton Luard | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 September 1861 Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, British Raj | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 May 1944 (aged 82) Guildford, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1907 | Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||
| 1897 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||
| 1893 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
| 1893–1896 | Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 17 February 2010 | |||||||||||||||
Colonel Arthur John Hamilton Luard, DSO (3 September 1861 – 22 May 1944) was an English first-class cricketer. Luard was a right-handed batsman and an officer in the British Army.
Luard was born at Waltair, India, the son of Colonel George Francis Luard (a nephew of Lt.-Col. John Luard) and Jane Hamilton, daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Johnstone Hamilton. He joined the Army as a lieutenant in May 1882, took part in the Burmese Expedition and was on 1 May 1889 promoted to captain, 2nd Battalion Norfolk Regiment. Luard held a staff appointment as Superintendent of Gymnasia until January 1900,[1] when he went to South Africa to serve in the Second Boer War from 1900 to 1902. He was promoted to major on 8 September 1900, mentioned in Despatches in 1901, awarded two medals and created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in 1901.
He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in September 1908, and colonel in April 1912, before resigning in September 1912.[2]
Luard made his first-class debut for Gloucestershire against Kent. From 1892 to 1896, Luard played 42 first-class matches for the county, with his final first-class match in his first spell at the county coming against Middlesex.
Luard toured Scotland with the county in 1893, playing two non first-class matches against Scotland and a Scotland XI. In 1894 Luard toured Ireland with the county, playing a single non first-class match against Dublin University. During Luard's spell with the county he also played two first-class matches for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1893, against Yorkshire and Kent.
In 1897 Luard made his debut for Hampshire against Lancashire. Luard played five first-class matches for Hampshire in 1897, with his final first-class match coming against Essex.
Ten years after his last first-class appearance, Luard returned to Gloucestershire in 1907 for his second spell with the county, playing three matches in the 1907 County Championship, with his final first-class match for the county coming against Surrey. In his 45 matches for Gloucestershire, Luard scored 1,140 runs at a batting average of 14.43, with four half centuries and a career high score of 75* in 1892 against Surrey.