# Arthur Bethell
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{{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](/source/Bowmanston), St John, Barbados
| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|11|21|1940|12|18|df=yes}}
| death_place = Barbados
| family = [Jacob Bethell](/source/Jacob_Bethell) (grandson)
| nickname =
| batting = Left-handed
| bowling = Left arm medium
| role =
| club1 = [Barbados](/source/Barbados_national_cricket_team)
| year1 = {{nowrap|1963/64–1969/70}}
| columns = 2
| column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
| matches1 = 16
| runs1 = 496
| bat avg1 = 26.10
| 100s/50s1 = 0/4
| top score1 = 84[*](/source/Not_out)
| deliveries1 = 898
| wickets1 = 10
| bowl avg1 = 39.10
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 2/16
| catches/stumpings1 = 7/–
| column2 = [List A](/source/List_A_cricket)
| 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 [cricket](/source/cricket)er. He played sixteen [first-class](/source/first-class_cricket) matches for [Barbados](/source/Barbados_national_cricket_team) between 1963 and 1970, and captained the side in the 1969 [Shell Shield](/source/West_Indies_Championship).[{{cite web |title=Arthur Bethell |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/51351.html |website=[ESPNcricinfo](/source/ESPNcricinfo) |access-date=11 April 2017}}][{{cite web |author= |date= |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](/source/Barbados_Cricket_Association) |location=Bridgetown |access-date=5 December 2023}}] He is the grandfather of [Warwickshire](/source/Warwickshire_County_Cricket_Club) and [England](/source/England_cricket_team) cricketer [Jacob Bethell](/source/Jacob_Bethell).[{{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](/source/BBC_Sport) |location=London |access-date=16 September 2024}}][{{cite magazine |author= |date=September 2018 |title=Bethell gets tongues wagging at Bunbury festival |magazine=[The Cricketer](/source/The_Cricketer) |volume=15 |issue=13 |location=London |page=100}}]
Playing for the Barbados Second-XI ("Colts"), Bethell scored 157 against [Australia](/source/Australian_national_cricket_team) during their [tour of the West Indies](/source/Australian_cricket_team_in_the_West_Indies_in_1964%E2%80%9365) in 1964–65,[{{cite news |author= |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](/source/South_Wales_Argus) |issue=23389 |location=Newport |page=22 |via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}}] and he captained them when the [M.C.C.](/source/Marylebone_Cricket_Club) toured the [West Indies](/source/West_Indies) in 1967–68.[{{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](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph) |issue=35048 |location=London |page=9 |via=Newspapers.com}}] His highest first-class score of 84 [not out](/source/not_out) was made for Barbados against [Nottinghamshire](/source/Nottinghamshire_County_Cricket_Club) at [Trent Bridge](/source/Trent_Bridge) in August 1969.[{{cite news |author= |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}}]
Bethell later held several top positions in the insurance industry,[{{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](/source/NewspaperArchive)}}] and died on 21 November 2023, aged 82.