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| Full name | Arthur Edward Fagg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1915-06-18)18 June 1915 Chartham,Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 September 1977(1977-09-13) (aged 62) Tunbridge Wells, Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-armmedium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 291) | 25 July 1936 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 22 July 1939 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1932–1957 | Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tests umpired | 18 (1967–1975) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODIs umpired | 7 (1972–1976) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Arthur Edward Fagg (18 June 1915 – 13 September 1977) was an Englishcricketer who played forKent County Cricket Club and theEnglish cricket team, and became an umpire after retiring as a player.
A right-handed opening batsman who first played for Kent at the age of 17, Fagg was aTest match player at 21 againstIndia in 1936. He caughtrheumatic fever on the tour of Australia the following winter, and missed the whole of the 1937 season.[1]
There was strong evidence that Fagg was back to his best form in 1938. He set afirst-class world record playing for Kent againstEssex atColchester, scoring 244 in the first innings and an undefeated 202 in the second innings in a drawn match, becoming the first batsman in first-class cricket history to score double centuries in both innings of a match.[1][2][3] This feat was not equalled until 2019, when it was achieved in Sri Lankan domestic cricket byAngelo Perera.[4] The1938 season was a year of record-breaking, and the youngLeonard Hutton cemented his place as England's first choice opener with his 364 against theAustralians atThe Oval.
Fagg played only one more Test, though he remained a consistent scorer in county cricket until the mid-1950s. In all, he scored 58 centuries and more than 25,000 runs.
After retirement, he became acricket umpire, officiating in eighteen Test matches and sevenOne Day Internationals. In an incident atEdgbaston in 1973, he refused to take the field after theWest Indies team disputed one of his decisions.[5]