# Arthur Chitty

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{{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](/source/Entomological_Society_of_London) in 1904 (standing, 3rd from right)
|             country = England
|            fullname =	Arthur John Chitty
|          birth_date = 27 May 1859
|         birth_place = [Marylebone](/source/Marylebone), London, England
|          death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1908|1|6|1859|5|27}}
|         death_place = [South Kensington](/source/South_Kensington), London, England
|            heightft = 
|          heightinch = 
|            nickname = 
|              family = [Joseph Chitty](/source/Joseph_William_Chitty) (father)<br>[Edward Bradby](/source/Edward_Bradby_(cricketer)) (brother-in-law)<br>[Henry Bradby](/source/Henry_Bradby) (brother-in-law)
|             batting = Right-handed
|             bowling = 
|                role = 
|               club1 = [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University_Cricket_Club)
|               year1 = 1879
|             columns = 1
|             column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
|            matches1 = 2
|               runs1 = 23
|            bat avg1 = 11.50
|           100s/50s1 = 0/0
|          top score1 = 10[*](/source/not_out)
|      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 [cricket](/source/cricket)er, barrister and [entomologist](/source/entomologist).

The son of [Joseph William Chitty](/source/Joseph_William_Chitty), he was born in May 1859 at [Marylebone](/source/Marylebone). He was educated at [Eton College](/source/Eton_College),<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book |title=The Eton College Register 1871&ndash;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](/source/Balliol_College%2C_Oxford).<ref name="OXON">{{alox2|title=Chitty, Arthur John}}</ref> While studying at Oxford, he made two appearances in [first-class cricket](/source/first-class_cricket) for [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University_Cricket_Club) against the [Gentlemen of England](/source/Gentlemen_of_England) and the [Marylebone Cricket Club](/source/Marylebone_Cricket_Club) at [Oxford](/source/University_Parks) 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](/source/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](/source/Middle_Temple), Chitty was [called to the bar](/source/Call_to_the_bar) in January 1885.<ref name="OXON"/> He died at [South Kensington](/source/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](/source/Edward_Bradby_(cricketer)) and [Henry Bradby](/source/Henry_Bradby) both played first-class cricket.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=11125}}

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Category:1859 births
Category:1908 deaths
Category:Cricketers from the City of Westminster
Category:People from Marylebone
Category:People educated at Eton College
Category:Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
Category:English cricketers
Category:Oxford University cricketers
Category:Members of Lincoln's Inn
Category:19th-century English lawyers
Category:English barristers
Category:English entomologists
Category:English coleopterists
Category:Fellows of the Royal Entomological Society

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