Trevor Arnott (16 February 1902 – 2 February 1975) was a

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er who played first-class cricket as an

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from 1921 to 1935. Arnott was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at

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, and attended Monmouth School.Brian Halford and Andrew Hignell, ''The Daffodil Blooms: The glorious rise of Glamorgan CCC to County Champions in 1948'', ACS Publications, Bedford, 2018, pp. 31–32. He captained

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in 1928, but was not successful, the county winning only two of their 26 County Championship matches amid disharmony on and off the field. During the 1928 season he hit his highest score, 153 against Essex. He took his best bowling figures of 7 for 40 when Glamorgan beat the West Indian touring team in 1923. He toured Jamaica with Lord Tennyson's team in 1926–27 and 1927–28."Obituary", '' The Cricketer'', March 1975, p. 23. He is buried is in the churchyard at

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