Arthur Edward Fagg, born June 18, 1915 and died September 13, 1977, was a cricketer who played for Kent and England. June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years). ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... Kent County Cricket Club is an English county cricket club based at Canterbury, Kent. ... The English cricket team is a national cricket team representing England and Wales, although Wales is almost never mentioned in the teams name. ...

A right-handed opening batsman who first played for Kent at the age of 17, Fagg was a test match player at 21 against India in 1936. But he caught rheumatic fever on the tour of Australia the following winter, and missed the whole of the 1937 season. Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Rheumatic fever is an inflammatory disease which may develop after an infection with streptococcus bacteria (such as strep throat or scarlet fever) and can involve the heart, joints, skin, and brain. ...

The evidence was strong in 1938 that Fagg was back to his best form, and he set a world record that has not so far been equalled playing for Kent against Essex at Colchester, scoring 244 in the first innings and an undefeated 202 in the second innings. But 1938 was a year of record-breaking and the young Leonard Hutton cemented his place as England's first choice opener with his 364 against the Australians at the Oval. Jump to: navigation, search 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Essex County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at Chelmsford, though with grounds elsewhere. ... Colchester town centre Colchester is an historic town in the north of the English county of Essex, with a population of about 160,000. ... Sir Leonard Hutton (June 23, 1916 - September 6, 1990) was an English cricketer. ...

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 a well-known cricket umpire, officiating in many test matches. He created a sensation at Edgbaston in 1973 by refusing to take the field after the West Indies team disputed one of his decisions. An umpire in cricket is a person who has the authority to make decisions on the cricket field, according to the Laws of Cricket. ... Edgbaston Cricket Ground (sometimes called Edgbaston Stadium) is a cricket venue in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham, England. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... West Indies cricket team shirt (ODI, 2004) The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as The Windies, is a national cricket team representing a sporting confederation of the Caribbean countries: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and...