John Arundell Winter (28 July 1851 – 15 May 1914) was an English

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er who played first-class cricket for

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in 1884. He was born at

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, Taunton, Somerset and he died at Hampton Wick, Middlesex. Winter played as a lower-order batsman and an occasional bowler in amateur cricket matches in Somerset in the 1870s, but made only one appearance for the Somerset first-class county side, the first game of the 1884 season against Kent, in which he scored 4 and 0, took one catch and did not bowl. Earlier he had had a military career, joining the 70th Foot regiment as a lieutenant in 1871. He later served as an officer in the West Somerset Yeomanry, from which he retired in 1892 with the honorary rank of major; the father of another Somerset cricketer,

Walter Shuldham Walter Frank Quantock Shuldham (17 June 1892 – 7 February 1971) played first-class cricket for Somerset in 1914 and 1924. He later played in two first-class matches in India. He was born and died at Stoke-sub-Hamdon, Somerset. Cricket ca ...

, was promoted to replace him when he retired.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Winter, John 1851 births 1914 deaths English cricketers Somerset cricketers West Somerset Yeomanry officers Military personnel from Somerset 19th-century British Army personnel East Surrey Regiment officers