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{{short description|English cricketer and British Army officer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Arthur Luard
| image = Arthur Luard.jpg
| caption = Arthur Luard
| country = England
| fullname = Arthur John Hamilton Luard
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1861|9|3|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Visakhapatnam]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[British Raj]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1944|5|22|1861|9|3|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Guildford]], [[Surrey]], [[England]]
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling =
| family =
| club1 = [[Gloucestershire County Cricket Club|Gloucestershire]]
| year1 = 1907
| clubnumber1 =
| club2 = [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]]
| year2 = 1897
| clubnumber2 =
| club3 = [[Marylebone Cricket Club]]
| year3 = 1893
| clubnumber3 =
| club4 = Gloucestershire
| year4 = 1893–1896
| clubnumber4 =
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches1 = 75
| runs1 = 1,218
| bat avg1 = 13.53
| 100s/50s1 = –/4
| top score1 = 75[[not out|*]]
| deliveries1 = –
| wickets1 = –
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 25/–
| date = 17 February
| year = 2010
| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/16363.html Cricinfo
}}

Colonel '''Arthur John Hamilton Luard''', [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] (3 September 1861 – 22 May 1944) was an English [[first-class cricket]]er. Luard was a right-handed [[batsman (cricket)|batsman]] and an officer in the [[British Army]].

==Early life and military career==
Luard was born at [[Visakhapatnam|Waltair]], [[India]], the son of Colonel George Francis Luard and Jane Hamilton, daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Johnstone Hamilton. He joined the Army as a [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in May 1882, took part in the Burmese Expedition and was on 1 May 1889 promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]], 2nd Battalion [[Norfolk Regiment]]. Luard held a staff appointment as [[Superintendent of Gymnasia]] until January 1900,<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=27163| supp=y|page=910| date=9 February 1900|}}</ref> when he went to [[South Africa]] to serve in the [[Second Boer War]] from 1900 to 1902. He was promoted to [[Major (British Army)|major]] on 8 September 1900, [[mentioned in Despatches]] in 1901, awarded two medals and created a Companion of the [[Distinguished Service Order]] (DSO) in 1901.

He was promoted to [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] in September 1908, and [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|colonel]] in April 1912, before resigning in September 1912.<ref>[http://www.angloboerwar.com/index.php?option=com_grid&gid=22_uw_0&p=32 Arthur Luard military service records] Retrieved 9 April 2012</ref>

==Cricket career==
Luard made his first-class debut for [[Gloucestershire County Cricket Club|Gloucestershire]] against [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]]. From 1892 to 1896, Luard played 42 first-class matches for the county, with his final first-class match in his first spell at the county coming against [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]].

Luard toured [[Scotland]] with the county in 1893, playing two non first-class matches against [[Scotland national cricket team|Scotland]] and a Scotland XI. In 1894 Luard toured [[Ireland]] with the county, playing a single non first-class match against [[Dublin University Cricket Club|Dublin University]]. During Luard's spell with the county he also played two first-class matches for the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] in 1893, against [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]] and Kent.

In 1897 Luard made his debut for [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]] against [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]]. Luard played five first-class matches for Hampshire in 1897, with his final first-class match coming against [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]].

Ten years after his last first-class appearance, Luard returned to Gloucestershire in 1907 for his second spell with the county, playing three matches in the 1907 [[County Championship]], with his final first-class match for the county coming against [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]]. In his 45 matches for Gloucestershire, Luard scored 1,140 runs at a [[batting average (cricket)|batting average]] of 14.43, with four half centuries and a career high score of 75[[not out|*]] in 1892 against Surrey.

Luard died at [[Guildford]], [[Surrey]] on 22 May 1944.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/16363.html Arthur Luard] at [[Cricinfo]]
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6735/6735.html Arthur Luard] at CricketArchive
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6735/statistics_lists.html Matches and detailed statistics for Arthur Luard]

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[[Category:1861 births]]
[[Category:1944 deaths]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Visakhapatnam]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Gloucestershire cricketers]]
[[Category:Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers]]
[[Category:Hampshire cricketers]]

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