Arthur William Childs-Clarke (13 May 1905 – 19 February 1980) was an English first-class cricketer who played for

Middlesex Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a Historic counties of England, historic county in South East England, southeast England. Its area is almost entirely within the wider urbanised area of London and mostly within the Ceremonial counties of ...

and

Northamptonshire Northamptonshire (; abbreviated Northants.) is a county in the East Midlands of England. In 2015, it had a population of 723,000. The county is administered by two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. It is ...

Career

Born in

Exeter Exeter () is a city in Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol. In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal comm ...

, he played 10 times for

between 1923 and 1934, and captained the second XI from then until the outbreak of

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. In 1947 he took over the captaincy of

for two seasons in which the county finished bottom both years, managing to win only five out of 56 matches. Childs-Clarke averaged 18.31 in 1947 and 13.16 the following year.First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Arthur Childs-Clarke
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Childs-Clarke, Arthur 1905 births 1980 deaths English cricketers Middlesex cricketers Northamptonshire cricketers Northamptonshire cricket captains Cricketers from Exeter Minor Counties cricketers H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI cricketers