Arthur Hadfield Fisher

Arthur Hadfield Fisher (11 February 1871 – 23 March 1961) was a New Zealand cricketer and businessman.

Arthur Fisher

Arthur Fisher, 1898-99
Personal information
Full name	Arthur Hadfield Fisher
Born	(1871-02-11)11 February 1871 Nelson, New Zealand
Died	23 March 1961(1961-03-23) (aged 90) Dunedin, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Left-arm medium pace
International information
National side	New Zealand
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1890-91 to 1909-10	Otago
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 46 Runs scored 1079 Batting average 14.98 100s/50s 0/4 Top score 76 Balls bowled Wickets 197 Bowling average 16.38 5 wickets in innings 11 10 wickets in match 1 Best bowling 9/50 Catches/stumpings 26/0
Source: Cricinfo, 17 September 2014

He was born in Nelson, New Zealand.[1] He played for Otago from 1890-91 to 1909-10 as a left-arm medium-pace bowler, taking 197 wickets at an average of 16.38. Against a touring Queensland cricket team in 1896-97 he took 9 for 50 in the first innings.[2]

He represented New Zealand, in the days before New Zealand had Test status, in matches against Australian and English teams. The Australians were so impressed with him that they invited him to try out for the Australian Test team in 1897-98. He went to Melbourne and practised there, but was unable to reproduce his New Zealand form on the harder Australian pitches, and was not selected in the Australian team.[3] Against the MCC in Wellington in 1906-07, he took 4 for 25 and 5 for 61 in a 56-run victory for New Zealand.[4]

He died in Dunedin in 1961 at the age of 90.