Arthur Birkett


Arthur Ernest Barrington Birkett was a member of the gold medal winning Great Britain cricket team at the 1900 Summer Olympics.

Personal life

The son of a woollen merchant, he was educated at Blundell's School.
Name is actually Arthur Ernest Burrington Birkett

Olympic career

Birkett opened the first innings batting for Great Britain in the only match against France and was dismissed for just one run. He did not bat in the second innings. Nothing is known of his cricket career outside of the Olympics.