{{Short description|Barbadian cricketer (1940–2023)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Arthur Bethell | image = | country = | fullname = John Arthur Lionel Bethell | birth_date = {{birth date|1940|12|18|df=yes}} | birth_place = Bowmanston, St John, Barbados | death_date = {{death date and age|2023|11|21|1940|12|18|df=yes}} | death_place = Barbados | family = Jacob Bethell (grandson) | nickname = | batting = Left-handed | bowling = Left arm medium | role =
| club1 = Barbados | year1 = {{nowrap|1963/64–1969/70}} | columns = 2 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 16 | runs1 = 496 | bat avg1 = 26.10 | 100s/50s1 = 0/4 | top score1 = 84* | deliveries1 = 898 | wickets1 = 10 | bowl avg1 = 39.10 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 2/16 | catches/stumpings1 = 7/– | column2 = List A | matches2 = 1 | runs2 = 15 | bat avg2 = 15.00 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 15 | deliveries2 = 60 | wickets2 = 2 | bowl avg2 = 9.00 | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 2/18 | catches/stumpings2 = 1/–
| date = 16 September | year = 2024 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/51351.html ESPNcricinfo }}
'''John Arthur Lionel Bethell''' (18 December 1940 – 21 November 2023) was a Barbadian cricketer. He played sixteen first-class matches for Barbados between 1963 and 1970, and captained the side in the 1969 Shell Shield.<ref name="CI">{{cite web |title=Arthur Bethell |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/51351.html |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=11 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="BCA">{{cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=<!--Not stated--> |title=Former Barbados captain Arthur Bethell dies at 82 |url=https://barbadoscricket.org/former-barbados-captain-arthur-bethell-dies-at-82/ |website=Barbados Cricket Association |location=Bridgetown |access-date=5 December 2023}}</ref> He is the grandfather of Warwickshire and England cricketer Jacob Bethell.<ref>{{cite web |last=Henry |first=Matthew |date=13 September 2024 |title=Impressing Lara & golf with Sobers – England new boy Bethell |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/articles/c7030699898o |website=BBC Sport |location=London |access-date=16 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=September 2018 |title=Bethell gets tongues wagging at Bunbury festival |magazine=The Cricketer |volume=15 |issue=13 |location=London |page=100}}</ref>
Playing for the Barbados Second-XI ("Colts"), Bethell scored 157 against Australia during their tour of the West Indies in 1964–65,<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=29 December 1967 |title=Cowdrey aiming for the right balance |url=https://www.newspapers.com./image/1056861707/ |url-access=subscription |newspaper=South Wales Argus |issue=23389 |location=Newport |page=22 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> and he captained them when the M.C.C. toured the West Indies in 1967–68.<ref>{{cite news |last=Swanton |first=E. W. |author-link=E. W. Swanton |date=2 January 1968 |title=Unhappy MCC 63-5 in draw with Colts |url=https://www.newspapers.com./image/821383823/ |url-access=subscription |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |issue=35048 |location=London |page=9 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> His highest first-class score of 84 not out was made for Barbados against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge in August 1969.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=21 August 1969 |title=Hall hustles with the bat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/829617024/ |url-access=subscription |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |issue=35556 |location=London |page=13 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Bethell later held several top positions in the insurance industry,<ref>{{cite news |last=Williams |first=Denise |date=25 June 2004 |title=Goodbye LOJ |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/jm/kingston/kingston/kingston-gleaner/2004/06-25/page-46 |url-access=subscription |department=Financial Gleaner |newspaper=Jamaica Gleaner |volume=170 |issue=151 |page=2 |via=NewspaperArchive}}</ref> and died on 21 November 2023, aged 82.<ref name="BCA"/>
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==External links== * {{cricinfo|id=51351}} * [https://www.windiescricket.com/players/arthur-bethell-2437/ Arthur Bethell] at Cricket West Indies
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