Arthur Severn (23 June 1893 – 10 January 1949) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for

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in 1919 and 1920. Severn was born at

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. He joined the nursery staff at Derby in 1914, but in the

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served with the Coldstream Guards.Wisden Obituaries 1950
/ref> He made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1919 season against

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in May. In his second match against

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, opening the batting with Leonard Oliver, he made his top score of 73 in a game Derbyshire won by 9 wickets. Subsequently, as his performance failed to live up to his initial promise, he found himself slipping down the batting order as the season progressed. He played three matches at the start of the 1920 season before he severed his connection with Derbyshire and went to live at Stainforth, near

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. Severn played 24 innings in 13 first-class matches with a top score of 73 and an average of 15.50.Arthur Severn at Cricket Archive
/ref> Severn died at Stainforth at the age of 55.

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