Arthur Strachan Winterbotham (28 June 1864 – 15 June 1936) was an

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er who played for the

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between 1881 and 1886, and appeared in three

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matches for

Gloucestershire Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean. The county town is the city of Gl ...

in 1885. A right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm slow bowler whose father

Arthur Winterbotham Arthur Brend Winterbotham (19 April 1838 – 8 September 1892) was an English cloth manufacturer and Liberal Party politician. Winterbotham was the son of Lindsey Winterbotham and Sarah Ann Page. His father was a banker of Stroud, Gloucestershir ...

was a

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politician, Winterbotham scored 52 runs in total, and bowled without taking a wicket. Born in

Dursley Dursley is a market town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in southern Gloucestershire, England, almost equidistant from the cities of Bristol and Gloucester. It is under the northeast flank of Stinchcombe#Stinchcombe Hill, Stinchco ...

, he died in

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, aged 71.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Winterbotham, Arthur 1864 births 1936 deaths English cricketers of 1864 to 1889 Gloucestershire cricketers English cricketers People from Dursley