Arthur Chitty

{{short description|English cricketer, barrister, entomologist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = Entomological_Society_1904.jpg

| caption = Chitty with the Entomological Society in 1904 (standing, 3rd from right) | country = England | fullname = Arthur John Chitty | birth_date = 27 May 1859 | birth_place = Marylebone, London, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1908|1|6|1859|5|27}} | death_place = South Kensington, London, England | heightft = | heightinch = | nickname = | family = Joseph Chitty (father)<br>Edward Bradby (brother-in-law)<br>Henry Bradby (brother-in-law) | batting = Right-handed | bowling = | role = | club1 = Oxford University | year1 = 1879 | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 2 | runs1 = 23 | bat avg1 = 11.50 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 10* | hidedeliveries = true | catches/stumpings1 = 2/– | date = 29 May | year = 2020 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/11125.html Cricinfo }}

'''Arthur John Chitty''' (27 May 1859 – 6 January 1908) was an English first-class cricketer, barrister and entomologist.

The son of Joseph William Chitty, he was born in May 1859 at Marylebone. He was educated at Eton College,<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book |title=The Eton College Register 1871–1880 |date=1907 |publisher=Spottiswode & Co., Ltd. |pages=84 |url=https://archive.org/details/etonregister01assogoog/page/n124 |language=en}}</ref> before going up to Balliol College, Oxford.<ref name="OXON">{{alox2|title=Chitty, Arthur John}}</ref> While studying at Oxford, he made two appearances in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Gentlemen of England and the Marylebone Cricket Club at Oxford in 1879.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28533/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Arthur Chitty |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-05-29 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored 23 runs in his two matches, with a high score of 10 not out.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28533/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Arthur Chitty |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-05-29 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

A student of the Middle Temple, Chitty was called to the bar in January 1885.<ref name="OXON"/> He died at South Kensington in January 1908.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/227836.html |title=Wisden - Obituaries in 1908 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |accessdate=2020-05-29}}</ref> His brothers-in-law Edward Bradby and Henry Bradby both played first-class cricket.

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