Arnold Warren

WARREN, ARNOLD R., born at Codnor, Derbyshire, on April 2, 1875, died there on September 3. Becoming a regular Derbyshire player in 1902, he appeared for the county till 1920, obtaining 939 wickets for 24.55 runs each. One of the fastest right-arm bowlers of his time--he stood over six feet--Warren achieved his best performance on a wet, soft pitch at Welbeck in 1904, when, of the 18 Nottinghamshire wickets which fell, he took 15 for 112 runs--eight for 69 and seven for 43. During that season he dismissed 101 batsmen at an average cost of 22.18 in Derbyshire matches alone, becoming the first player to achieve the feat for the county. He also took over 100 wickets in 1906 and 1908.

In 1905 he played for England in the third Test match against Australia at Leeds, and in the first innings he took five wickets for 57, numbering among his victims Victor Trumper, M. A. Noble, W. W. Armstrong and J. Darling. The ball used on that occasion was mounted and presented to him. In Warren's own opinion his best performance was against Leicestershire at Ashby-de-la-Zouch in 1912. On turf which did not help bowlers, Leicestershire, needing 180 to win, were put out for 97, Warren dismissing seven batsmen for 52.

A batsman described as "useful," he hit his one century (123) in 1910 against Warwickshire at Blackwell, where he and J. Chapman (165), coming together with 111 needed to avoid an innings defeat, put on 283 in less than three hours and established a world's ninth wicket record which still stands.