William Arthur John West (17 November 1863 – 22 February 1938) was a boxer, a first-class cricketer and

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Cricket

West played in five first-class matches for

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, scoring 182 runs at 26 with a highest score of 74 against

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. A right arm quick bowler, he also took five wickets at just 20 apiece. West umpired the match between North and South in 1890 and continued to umpire for the next 45 years, until his final season in 1935, umpiring 657 first-class matches. He officiated in nine Test matches, from his first England v Australia test in 1896 to the

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featuring England, Australia and South Africa.

Boxing

West won the Amateur Boxing Association 1885 heavyweight title, when boxing out of the Northampton ABC.

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1863 births English Test cricket umpires Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers 1938 deaths English cricketers Sportspeople from Birmingham, West Midlands English male boxers {{England-cricket-bio-1860s-stub