Arthur Turner ( British Army officer ) Arthur Jervois Turner ( 10 June 1878 – 8 September 1952 ) was an English cricketer , rugby union player and soldier . A right - handed batsman , right - arm underarm medium pace bowler and occasional wicket - keeper , he played first - class cricket for various teams between 1897 and 1914 , predominately for Essex . He also played for the Egypt national cricket team . His other sporting interests included Rugby Union , and he played for Blackheath F . C . and Kent at that sport . Personal life . Born in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh in 1878 , Arthur Turner was the son of a JT Turner , who played cricket for Hong Kong and died on the SS Bokhara on the way back from playing a match for Hong Kong against Shanghai . His younger brother Walter also played cricket for Essex , whilst another brother John played first - class cricket in India , as did his nephew Antony . He was educated at Bedford Modern School , gaining a place in the school ' s cricket team when aged 13 . He played four seasons for the school , captaining them in 1895 . He died in Sussex in 1952 . Cricket career . After gaining a reputation as a cricketer at school and with the Army , Turner played occasionally for Bedfordshire before making his first - class debut for Essex in a County Championship match against Hampshire in June 1897 . He played nine further County Championship matches for Essex that season and a dozen in the 1898 season , also playing in that year ' s Gentlemen v Players match at The Oval . He played ten County Championship matches in 1899 , also playing twice against Australia - once for Essex and once for the South of England . He also played for a Home Counties team against the Rest of England and was invited to play in that year ' s Gentlemen v Players match at Lord ' s but could not accept the invitation due to military duties . He played no first - class cricket in 1900 or 1902 , playing eight County Championship matches for Essex during the 1901 season . His appearances for Essex became more sporadic from this point , playing just twice in 1903 , seven times in 1904 , five times in 1905 and just once in 1906 . After missing the 1907 season , he played four County Championship matches for Essex in 1908 , also playing for the British Army cricket team against the Navy at Lord ' s and for the Royal Artillery against Philadelphia that season . He played just two County Championship matches in 1909 , also playing for Essex and the South of England against Australia and for the Gentlemen of the South against the Players of the South . His final matches for Essex were in the 1910 season , playing five times for them in the County Championship , his last match coming against Yorkshire in August . He still played four more first - class matches , playing for a combined Army / Navy team against a combined Oxford / Cambridge University team in 1911 , for the Army against the Navy in 1913 and for the Free Foresters against Oxford University and for the Army against Cambridge University in 1914 . He played no more first - class cricket after World War I , though he continued to play cricket at a minor level . He played for the Army against a Public Schools team in 1920 , and for the Royal Artillery against West Kent in 1925 . In 1929 , he played a match for Egypt against HM Martineau ' s XI in Cairo and his last recorded match was for the Army against the West Indies in May 1939 when he was 60 . Statistics . In his 77 first - class matches , Arthur Turner scored 4053 runs at an average of 34 . 05 , including eleven centuries . His highest score was 124 for Essex against Warwickshire in 1899 . Whilst he was considered an all - rounder at school , Turner ' s underarm bowling was rarely used at first - class level . In all he took fifteen first - class wickets , with a best innings bowling performance of 3 / 47 for Essex against Lancashire in 1898 . After taking 14 wickets in his first three seasons , he took only one more first - class wicket in his career . Military career . Turner served in the South African War with the Royal Artillery . He later served in France during the First World War and was decorated with the Croix de guerre . He was also decorated with the Distinguished Service Order , the Order of St Michael and St George and the Order of the Bath . He achieved the rank of Brigadier .