Arthur James Ricketts (27 August 1913 – April 2000) played first-class

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for

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in one match in 1936. He was born at

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and died in Somerset too, though the exact date and place of his death is not known. Ricketts had one of the briefest of all first-class cricket careers. He was picked, alongside

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and

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, as a third slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler for Somerset's match against

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; in a rain-ruined game, he did not bowl in Surrey's innings, and when rain finished the match at close of play on the second day with Somerset at 38 for eight, he had not batted. He was never given a second chance.

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