An A to Z of Northamptonshire Cricketers

by Andrew Radd

Player number 243 (f-c debut for Northamptonshire – 16 June 1951) Birthplace Wellington, New Zealand County Cap 1955; Cricket Chairman 1978-93; President 1996-2000 First-Class 167 matches, 7,420 runs @ 26.40; 3 wickets @26.33; 73 catches When Peter Arnold embarked on the long sea voyage from his native New Zealand to England in 1950, at his own expense, he was backing himself to carve out a career in professional cricket at Wantage Road with no guarantee of success. Half-a