Arthur Dewar (15 March 1934 — 10 January 2020) was a Scottish first-class
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
er.
Dewar was born in March 1934 at
Perth, where he was educated at the
Perth Academy. A
club cricketer for Perthshire Cricket Club,
Dewar made his debut for
Scotland in
first-class cricket against
Ireland at
Paisley in 1960.
His second match against
Warwickshire at
Edgbaston bought him considerable success, with him taking bowling figures of 7 for 71 in Warwickshire's first innings; amongst his wickets were the
Test cricketers
Khalid Ibadulla and
Tom Cartwright.
He appeared in two further first-class matches in 1961, against the
Marylebone Cricket Club and Ireland, before making a fifth and final appearance in 1962 against Warwickshire.
Besides his 7 for 71 against Warwickshire in 1961, Dewar struggled to have an impact with the ball in the matches which followed, taking just 3 more wickets.
In his five first-class matches, he took 11 wickets at an
average of 33.27.
Dewar died at Perth in January 2020.
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1934 births
2020 deaths
Cricketers from Perth, Scotland
People educated at Perth Academy
Scottish cricketers