# Arthur Straker

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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
|          name = 
|             country = England
|            fullname =	Arthur Coppin Straker
|            nickname = 
|          birth_date = {{Birth date|1893|8|12|df=yes}}
|        birth_place = [Hexham](/source/Hexham), [Northumberland](/source/Northumberland), England
|          death_date = {{Death date and age|1961|10|14|1893|8|12|df=yes}}
|        death_place = [Pawston](/source/Pawston), Northumberland, England
|            heightft = 
|          heightinch = 
|             heightm = 
|             batting = Unknown
|             bowling = Unknown
|                role = 
|              family = 
|               club1 = [Denbighshire](/source/Denbighshire_County_Cricket_Club)
|               year1 = 1933–1935
|         clubnumber1 =
|               club2 = [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club)
|               year2 = 1913
|         clubnumber2 =
|             columns = 1
|             column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
|            matches1 = 1
|               runs1 = 21
|            bat avg1 = 10.50
|           100s/50s1 = –/–
|          top score1 = 21
|         deliveries1 = –
|            wickets1 = –
|           bowl avg1 = –
|            fivefor1 = –
|             tenfor1 = –
|       best bowling1 = –
|  catches/stumpings1 = –/–
|                date = 24 August
|                year = 2011
|              source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/21072.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Arthur Coppin Straker''' (12 August 1893 &ndash; 14 October 1961) was an English [cricket](/source/cricket)er. Straker's [batting](/source/Batsman_(cricket)) and [bowling](/source/bowling_(cricket)) styles are unknown.  He was born at [Hexham](/source/Hexham), [Northumberland](/source/Northumberland). He was educated at [Harrow School](/source/Harrow_School) and played in the 1909 and 1910 [Eton v Harrow](/source/Eton_v_Harrow) matches at [Lord's](/source/Lord's) as a lower-order batsman.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription  |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33073/all_teams.html|title=Teams Arthur Straker played for|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 August 2011}}</ref>

Straker made his only [first-class](/source/first-class_cricket) appearance for [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club) against [Northamptonshire](/source/Northamptonshire_County_Cricket_Club) in 1913.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription  |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33073/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Arthur Coppin|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 August 2011}}</ref> In this match, he was dismissed for a [duck](/source/duck_(cricket)) by [George Thompson](/source/George_Thompson_(cricketer)) in the university's first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 21 runs by the same bowler.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription  |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/8/8986.html|title=Cambridge University v Northamptonshire, 1913|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 August 2011}}</ref> Straker later made appeared for [Denbighshire](/source/Denbighshire_County_Cricket_Club), making his debut for the Welsh county in the 1933 [Minor Counties Championship](/source/Minor_Counties_Championship) against the [Yorkshire Second XI](/source/Yorkshire_County_Cricket_Club).  He made a further four Minor Counties Championship appearances for the county, the last of which came against [Cheshire](/source/Cheshire_County_Cricket_Club) in 1935.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription  |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33073/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Arthur Straker|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 August 2011}}</ref>

He died in [Pawston](/source/Pawston), [Mindrum](/source/Mindrum), Northumberland on 14 October 1961. At the time of his death he was described as a "racehorse owner and trainer".<ref>{{cite news| title = Latest Wills | newspaper = The Times|issue = 55396 | page = 12 | location = London | date = 21 May 1962 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/21072.html Arthur Straker] at [ESPNcricinfo](/source/ESPNcricinfo)
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33073/33073.html Arthur Straker] at CricketArchive

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Category:1893 births
Category:1961 deaths
Category:Cricketers from Hexham
Category:People educated at Harrow School
Category:Alumni of the University of Cambridge
Category:English cricketers
Category:Cambridge University cricketers
Category:Denbighshire cricketers
Category:20th-century English sportsmen

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