Arthur Edward FAGG – cricketer
Quite a while ago now I came across the name of Arthur Edward FAGG who played cricket for Kent and England.
One always wonders, of course, if and how such namesakes may be related.
Arthur Edward FAGG (1915-1977) – Kent & England cricketer
This week, I came back to this research, and did indeed determine a link to my tree. Arthur is my 4th cousin once removed, our common ancestors being my 4xgreat grandparents, Thomas BALDOCK and Ann DAWKINS.
The highlight of Arthur’s career is surely his achieving two double-centuries in a single first class cricket match, a record I believe stands to this day.
On 15 July 1938, whilst playing for Kent against Essex at Colchester, Arthur achieved 202 not out in his second innings, adding to his first innings total of 244.
During the 1936-7 Ashes series, he had contracted a serious bout of rheumatic fever, from which he never fully recovered. Despite a short Test Match career, he continued playing County cricket until the mid-1950s. He then became an umpire, and hit the headlines again in 1973 at Edgbaston by refusing to rejoin the field after the West Indies disputed one of his decisions!
Sources:
1. http://www.cricketcountry.com/cricket-articles/Arthur-Fagg-scores-double-hundred-in-each-innings/28961
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Fagg
