Arthur Martin Short (born 27 September 1947) is a former South African

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. He never played

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for South Africa but was selected on the 1970 squad to tour England and the 1971–72 squad to tour Australia. Both trips were cancelled. An opening batsman, Short played

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in South Africa from 1966 to 1975. He top-scored for Natal in their match against the touring Australians in February 1970, scoring 78 and impressing the national selectors.''Wisden'' 1971, pp. 898–99.

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