About Arthur Fielder
Arthur Fielder (19 July 1877 – 30 August 1949) was an English cricketer who played as a fast bowler for Kent County Cricket Club and the England cricket team from 1900 to 1914. He played a major role in Kent's four County Championship wins in the years before World War I and toured Australia twice with the England team, making six Test match appearances. He was chosen as one of Wisden's Cricketers of the Year in 1907. == Early life == Fielder was born at Plaxtol, on 19 July 1877. He grew up the son of a farm bailiff and worked on a hop farm in his early years. In 1897, he joined Kent's newly established Tonbridge nursery at the Angel Ground under Captain William McCanlis. This was a successful player development programme which allowed young professional cricketers to be trained and developed the nucleus of the Kent teams of the early 20th century. Fielder also spent a year on the ground staff at the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1904. == Cricket career == Fielder made his first-class cricket debut in 1900, playing for Kent against Essex at the County Ground, Leyton. He went wicketless and was out without scoring in the match.
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