Arthur Priestley

Sir Arthur Alexander Priestley (9 November 1865[1] – 10 April 1933[1]) was an English Liberal Party[2] politician and cricketer.Arthur was educated privately,[4] and travelled in most parts of the world[6] participating in sports ranging from pig-sticking in Patiala to crocodile-shooting on the White Nile.[6] After the 1886 general election, he was asked by the Liberal association in Stamford to contest the seat against the sitting Conservative MP, John Compton Lawrance.[10] In his final appeal to voters on 5 March he spoke of how reforms in the past had been achieved by the Liberals, and said: "I believe that the programme of the party offers the best security for the preservation of the essential unity and greatness of the Empire, and the material prosperity and the moral elevation of all of its peoples".[2] This was a significant improvement over the 13.8% majority of the Conservatives at the last contested election in 1885,[2] and Priestley told his supporters that they had done far better than he expected.Also playing for Philadelphia were Bart King, Nelson Graves and John Lester, who scored a century.