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| country = England
| country = England
| fullname = Arthur Ernest Pothecary
| fullname = Arthur Ernest Pothecary
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| birth_place = [[Southampton]], [[Hampshire]], England
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| monthofbirth = 3
| yearofbirth = 1906
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1991|5|21|1906|3|1|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Southampton]], [[Hampshire]], [[England]]
| death_place = [[Iver]], [[Buckinghamshire]], England
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| family = [[Sidney Pothecary]] (Uncle)
| family = [[Sidney Pothecary]] (uncle)
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'''Arthur Ernest Pothecary''' (1 March 1906 – 21 May 1991) was an [[English people|English]] [[cricketer]]. Pothecary was a left-handed [[batsman (cricket)|batsman]] who bowled [[slow left-arm orthodox]] spin.
'''Arthur 'Sam' Ernest Pothecary''' (1 March 1906 — 21 May 1991) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er who made 271 appearances in [[first-class cricket]] for [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]] between 1927 and 1946, scoring over 9,000 runs. He later stood as an [[umpire (cricket)|umpire]] in first-class cricket between 1949 and 1958.


==Cricket career==
Pothecary made his [[first-class cricket|first-class]] debut for [[Hampshire County Cricket Club]] in the 1927 [[County Championship]] against [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]]. Early in his career Pothecary was tried by the club as a replacement for the likes of [[Phil Mead]], [[George Brown (cricketer)|George Brown]], [[Jack Newman (English cricketer)|Jack Newman]] and [[Alec Kennedy]]. Early in his career Pothecary showed signs of class, but although a consistent performer, Pothecary's potential was never fully realised.
===Playing career===
The son of the [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] footballer [[Arthur Pothecary (footballer)|Arthur Pothecary senior]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.saintsplayers.co.uk/player/arthur-pothecary/|title=Arthur Edward Pothecary|website=www.saintsplayers.co.uk|access-date=18 September 2024}}</ref> he was born in [[Southampton]] in March 1906. Towards the end of the 1920s, [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]] were looking to bring in replacements for the ageing [[Phil Mead]], [[George Brown (cricketer, born 1887)|George Brown]], [[Jack Newman (English cricketer)|Jack Newman]] and [[Alec Kennedy]].<ref name="OBIT">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228716.html|title=Wisden – Obituaries in 1991|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=18 September 2024}}</ref> with Pothecary being one such player bought into the Hampshire team. He made his debut in [[first-class cricket]] for [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]] against [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]] at [[The Oval]] in the [[1927 County Championship]]. He impressed on debut, scoring 24 runs batting at [[Batting_order_(cricket)#Lower_order_or_tail|number eleven]], while also taking four wickets in Surrey's second innings, including those of [[Jack Hobbs]] and [[Andy Sandham]].<ref name="OBIT"/> Pothecary made ten appearances during his debut season.<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6804/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Sam Pothecary|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=18 September 2024|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He made just three first-class appearances in 1928, before making ten in 1929.<ref name="FCM"/> He struggled for a regular place in the Hampshire eleven early in his career, but began to play more regularly for Hampshire from 1930.<ref name="OBIT"/> He scored 419 runs at an average of 16.76 from nineteen matches in 1930, and 372 runs at an average of 13.77 from twenty matches in 1931.<ref name="FCBAS">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6804/f_Batting_by_Season.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Sam Pothecary|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=18 September 2024|url-access=subscription}}</ref>


Beginning in 1932, his consistency with the bat began to improve.<ref name="OBIT"/> His batting average passed 20 for the first time that season, with Pothecary scoring 841 runs from 23 matches. The following season, he passed a thousand runs in a season for the first time,<ref name="OBIT"/> scoring 1,216 runs from 27 matches at an average of 27.02;<ref name="FCBAS"/> it was during this season that he recorded his first two [[century (cricket)|centuries]], with scores of 101 against Surrey, which helped Hampshire avoid defeat,<ref name="OBIT"/> and 118 against [[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Nottinghamshire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14791.html|title=Hampshire v Nottinghamshire, County Championship 1933|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=18 September 2024|url-access=subscription}}</ref> The following season he narrowly missed out on scoring a thousand runs in consecutive seasons, before seeing his average drop below 20 during the 1935 season.<ref name="FCBAS"/> Pothecary enjoyed his most successful seasons between 1936 and 1938. During that period, he passed a thousand runs for the season in three consecutive seasons, making seven centuries during that period.<ref name="FCBAS"/> Batting at [[Batting_order_(cricket)#Lower_order_or_tail|number nine]], he made an [[not out|unbeaten]] 100 against [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]] at [[United Services Recreation Ground|Portsmouth]] in 1936,<ref name="OBIT"/> with Pothecary having come to crease when Hampshire were 103 for 7; his partnership of 125 for the eighth wicket with [[Stuart Boyes]] helped Hampshire recover to 260 all out.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15760.html|title=Hampshire v Northamptonshire, County Championship 1936|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=18 September 2024|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In 1937, he made his career-highest first-class score of 130 against the touring [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealanders]] at [[Dean Park Cricket Ground|Bournemouth]].<ref name="OBIT"/>
Pothecary represented Hampshire in 268 first-class matches from 1927 until the [[Second World War]] and played a further three for the county after the war in 1946, with his final appearance for the county coming in 1946 against [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]] at [[Dean Park Cricket Ground]], [[Bournemouth]]. In his 271 matches for the county, Pothecary scored 9,447 runs at a [[batting average]] of 23.34, with 47 half centuries, 9 centuries and a high score of 130 against the touring [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealanders]] in 1937. Pothecary scored over 1,000 runs in a season on four occasions: 1933, 1936, 1937 and 1938. With the ball Pothecary took 52 wickets at a [[bowling average]] of 41.14, with best figures of 4/47 which came on debut against Surrey; Pothecary's wickets included [[Jack Hobbs]], [[Andy Sandham]], [[Alfred Jeacocke]] and [[Tom Shepherd]]. In the field Pothecary took 147 catches for Hampshire, fielding mostly at [[cover point]].


After making 21 appearances in 1939 and scoring 753 runs,<ref name="FCBAS"/> the [[Second World War]] bought about the cancellation of first-class cricket following the outbreak of the war in September. Pothcary served in the war as a [[corporal]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000516/19451116/011/0004|title=Another column by the famous Essex cricketer|work=[[Essex Chronicle|Chelmsford Chronicle]]|page=4|date=16 November 1945|access-date=18 September 2024|url-access=subscription|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> where he played services cricket in Egypt.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Cricket_in_the_Second_World_War/CYE0EAAAQBAJ|title=Cricket in the Second World War: The Grim Test|first=John|last=Broom|publisher=[[Pen and Sword Books]]|location=[[Barnsley]]|year=2021|isbn=9781526780188|language=en}}</ref> In also in played exhibition matches for the [[London Counties cricket team]] during the war.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000290/19410801/059/0004|title=Pothecary for London Counties XI|work=[[The News (Portsmouth)|Portsmouth Evening News]]|page=4|date=1 August 1941|access-date=18 September 2024|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref> Pothecary returned to play for Hampshire following the end of the war, making three appearances in the [[1946 County Championship]].<ref name="FCM"/> In total, he made 271 first-class appearances for Hampshire. In these, he scored 9,477 runs at an average of 23.34, making nine centuries and 47 half centuries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6804/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Sam Pothecary|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=18 September 2024|url-access=subscription}}</ref> With his part-time [[slow left-arm orthodox]] bowling, which had shown promise early in his career,<ref name="OBIT"/> he took 52 wickets at a [[bowling average]] of 41.15, with best figures of 4 for 47.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6804/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Sam Pothecary|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=18 September 2024|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He often [[fielding (cricket)|fielded]] at cover-point, taking 46 [[catch (cricket)|catches]] during his career.<ref name="OBIT"/>
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==Later activities==
Pothecary was appointed to the first-class [[Umpire (cricket)|Umpires]] list in 1949, where from 1949 to 1958 he stood in 254 first-class matches, with his final match standing as an Umpire between an [[England national cricket team|England XI]] and a [[Commonwealth XI cricket team|Commonwealth XI]].


===Umpiring career===
Pothecary later became a [[Groundskeeper|groundsman]], taking charge of the [[Royal Air Force Sports Ground]] in [[Uxbridge]]. Pothecary died at [[Iver]], [[Buckinghamshire]] on May 21, 1991.
Following his retirement, he was appointed groundsman and cricket coach at [[Millfield|Millfield School]] in [[Somerset]] in October 1946.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003347/19461025/272/0016|title=Sam Pothecary|work=Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer|location=[[Radstock]]|page=16|date=25 October 1946|access-date=18 September 2024|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref> He was appointed to the first-class [[umpire (cricket)|umpires]] list ahead of the 1949 season,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002470/19490506/037/0002|title=Millfield|work=[[Mid Somerset Series|Central Somerset Gazette]]|location=[[Wells, Somerset|Wells]]|page=2|date=6 May 1949|access-date=18 September 2024|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref> with Pothecary standing in his first match in the [[1949 County Championship]] fixture between [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] and Northamptonshire at [[Lord's]]. He stood in 254 first-class matches until 1958,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6804/Umpire_in_First-Class_Matches.html|title=Sam Pothecary as Umpire in First-Class Matches|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=18 September 2024|url-access=subscription}}</ref> with Pothecary leaving the list in April 1959 in order to take up other employment.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000271/19590408/316/0016|title=Umpires list|work=[[Liverpool Echo]]|page=16|date=8 April 1959|access-date=18 September 2024|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref>


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==Later life and death==
==Family==
After stepping down from the first-class umpires list, Pothecary began an 18-year spell as head groundsman of the [[Royal Air Force Sports Ground]] in [[Uxbridge]].<ref name="MAG">{{cite magazine|url=https://magazine.cricketarchive.com/Magazine/1991/vol_72_no_7/66/index.html|title=Obituaries|first=E. W.|last=Swanton|author-link=E. W. Swanton|magazine=[[The Cricketer]]|location=London|year=1991|volume=72|edition=7|page=64|language=en}}</ref> He combined this with his coaching at the [[Chiswick]] Indoor Cricket School during the 1960s.<ref name="MAG"/> In 1989, he had a leg amputated, with Pothecary later dying in May 1991 at a nursing home in [[Iver|Iver, Buckinghamshire]].<ref name="MAG"/><ref name="OBIT"/> His uncle, [[Sidney Pothecary]], was also a first-class cricketer.
Pothecary's uncle [[Sidney Pothecary]] played 12 first-class matches for Hampshire.

==References==
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=18580}}
*[http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/18580.html Arthur Pothecary] at [[Cricinfo]]
*[http://www.cricketarchive.com/Hampshire/Players/6/6804/6804.html Arthur Pothecary] at [[CricketArchive]]
*[http://www.cricketarchive.com/Hampshire/Players/6/6804/statistics_lists.html Matches and detailed statistics for Arthur Pothecary]


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Latest revision as of 16:23, 18 September 2024

Sam Pothecary
Personal information
Full name
Arthur Ernest Pothecary
Born(1906-03-01)1 March 1906
Southampton, Hampshire, England
Died21 May 1991(1991-05-21) (aged 85)
Iver, Buckinghamshire, England
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RelationsSidney Pothecary (uncle)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1927–1946Hampshire
Umpiring information
FC umpired254 (1949–1958)
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 271
Runs scored 9,447
Batting average 23.34
100s/50s 9/47
Top score 130
Balls bowled 3,107
Wickets 52
Bowling average 41.15
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 4/47
Catches/stumpings 147/–
Source: Cricinfo, 20 February 2010

Arthur 'Sam' Ernest Pothecary (1 March 1906 — 21 May 1991) was an English first-class cricketer who made 271 appearances in first-class cricket for Hampshire between 1927 and 1946, scoring over 9,000 runs. He later stood as an umpire in first-class cricket between 1949 and 1958.

Cricket career

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Playing career

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The son of the Southampton footballer Arthur Pothecary senior,[1] he was born in Southampton in March 1906. Towards the end of the 1920s, Hampshire were looking to bring in replacements for the ageing Phil Mead, George Brown, Jack Newman and Alec Kennedy.[2] with Pothecary being one such player bought into the Hampshire team. He made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Surrey at The Oval in the 1927 County Championship. He impressed on debut, scoring 24 runs batting at number eleven, while also taking four wickets in Surrey's second innings, including those of Jack Hobbs and Andy Sandham.[2] Pothecary made ten appearances during his debut season.[3] He made just three first-class appearances in 1928, before making ten in 1929.[3] He struggled for a regular place in the Hampshire eleven early in his career, but began to play more regularly for Hampshire from 1930.[2] He scored 419 runs at an average of 16.76 from nineteen matches in 1930, and 372 runs at an average of 13.77 from twenty matches in 1931.[4]

Beginning in 1932, his consistency with the bat began to improve.[2] His batting average passed 20 for the first time that season, with Pothecary scoring 841 runs from 23 matches. The following season, he passed a thousand runs in a season for the first time,[2] scoring 1,216 runs from 27 matches at an average of 27.02;[4] it was during this season that he recorded his first two centuries, with scores of 101 against Surrey, which helped Hampshire avoid defeat,[2] and 118 against Nottinghamshire.[5] The following season he narrowly missed out on scoring a thousand runs in consecutive seasons, before seeing his average drop below 20 during the 1935 season.[4] Pothecary enjoyed his most successful seasons between 1936 and 1938. During that period, he passed a thousand runs for the season in three consecutive seasons, making seven centuries during that period.[4] Batting at number nine, he made an unbeaten 100 against Northamptonshire at Portsmouth in 1936,[2] with Pothecary having come to crease when Hampshire were 103 for 7; his partnership of 125 for the eighth wicket with Stuart Boyes helped Hampshire recover to 260 all out.[6] In 1937, he made his career-highest first-class score of 130 against the touring New Zealanders at Bournemouth.[2]

After making 21 appearances in 1939 and scoring 753 runs,[4] the Second World War bought about the cancellation of first-class cricket following the outbreak of the war in September. Pothcary served in the war as a corporal,[7] where he played services cricket in Egypt.[8] In also in played exhibition matches for the London Counties cricket team during the war.[9] Pothecary returned to play for Hampshire following the end of the war, making three appearances in the 1946 County Championship.[3] In total, he made 271 first-class appearances for Hampshire. In these, he scored 9,477 runs at an average of 23.34, making nine centuries and 47 half centuries.[10] With his part-time slow left-arm orthodox bowling, which had shown promise early in his career,[2] he took 52 wickets at a bowling average of 41.15, with best figures of 4 for 47.[11] He often fielded at cover-point, taking 46 catches during his career.[2]

Umpiring career

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Following his retirement, he was appointed groundsman and cricket coach at Millfield School in Somerset in October 1946.[12] He was appointed to the first-class umpires list ahead of the 1949 season,[13] with Pothecary standing in his first match in the 1949 County Championship fixture between Middlesex and Northamptonshire at Lord's. He stood in 254 first-class matches until 1958,[14] with Pothecary leaving the list in April 1959 in order to take up other employment.[15]

Later life and death

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After stepping down from the first-class umpires list, Pothecary began an 18-year spell as head groundsman of the Royal Air Force Sports Ground in Uxbridge.[16] He combined this with his coaching at the Chiswick Indoor Cricket School during the 1960s.[16] In 1989, he had a leg amputated, with Pothecary later dying in May 1991 at a nursing home in Iver, Buckinghamshire.[16][2] His uncle, Sidney Pothecary, was also a first-class cricketer.

References

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  1. ^ "Arthur Edward Pothecary". www.saintsplayers.co.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Wisden – Obituaries in 1991". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "First-Class Matches played by Sam Pothecary". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e "First-Class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Sam Pothecary". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Hampshire v Nottinghamshire, County Championship 1933". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Hampshire v Northamptonshire, County Championship 1936". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Another column by the famous Essex cricketer". Chelmsford Chronicle. 16 November 1945. p. 4. Retrieved 18 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ Broom, John (2021). "Cricket in the Second World War: The Grim Test". Barnsley: Pen and Sword Books. ISBN 9781526780188.
  9. ^ "Pothecary for London Counties XI". Portsmouth Evening News. 1 August 1941. p. 4. Retrieved 18 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Sam Pothecary". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  11. ^ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Sam Pothecary". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  12. ^ "Sam Pothecary". Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer. Radstock. 25 October 1946. p. 16. Retrieved 18 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. ^ "Millfield". Central Somerset Gazette. Wells. 6 May 1949. p. 2. Retrieved 18 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  14. ^ "Sam Pothecary as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  15. ^ "Umpires list". Liverpool Echo. 8 April 1959. p. 16. Retrieved 18 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  16. ^ a b c Swanton, E. W. (1991). "Obituaries". The Cricketer. Vol. 72 (7 ed.). London. p. 64.
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