Arthur Edmund Symonds (8 May 1890 – 20 April 1946) was a New Zealand sportsman. He played one first-class match for

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during the 1926–27 season.Arthur Symonds
CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 June 2023. Born at Dunedin in 1890, Symonds worked for railway companies. He played rugby union for the Zingari-Richmond club in Dunedin and represented the Otago Rugby Football Union in seven matches between 1911 and 1912. He was described after his death as having "played a good, honest game of football"Old Otago footballer's death, ''

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'', issue 26141, 2 May 1946, p. 2.
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at Papers Past. Retrieved 4 June 2023.) and in 1930 he was considered to have been one of the club's most prominent players. He was later one of its vice-presidents. Symonds played club cricket for Dunedin Cricket Club and represented the provincial side in a 1924 fixture against Southland. He scored 43 and 17 and was reported as having "played well", although "he had more than his share of luck". He played his only first-class match for Otago in February 1927. In the match, which was against Canterbury cricket team at Carisbrook in Dunedin, he kept-wicket, replacing Laurie Green who had broken a rib in the previous match against Auckland. Symonds took one catch and scored five runs, although his wicket-keeping was poor and his performance behind the stumps described as "not too good" as he conceded too many

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. He missed a "good stumping chance", although his keeping improved during the match.Notes on yesterday's play, ''

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'', issue 18073, 5 February 1927, p. 10.
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at Papers Past. Retrieved 4 June 2023.) He did not play for the representative side again. Symonds died at

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in 1946. He was aged 55.

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* 1890 births 1946 deaths New Zealand cricketers Otago cricketers Cricketers from Dunedin New Zealand rugby union players Otago rugby union players {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1890s-stub