Arthur Hadfield Fisher
Arthur Hadfield Fisher was a New Zealand cricketer and businessman.
He was born in Nelson, New Zealand. He played for Otago from 1890-91 to 1909-10 as a left-arm medium-pace bowler, taking 197 wickets at an average of 16.38. Against a touring Queensland cricket team in 1896-97 he took 9 for 50 in the first innings.
He represented New Zealand, in the days before New Zealand had Test status, in matches against Australian and English teams. The Australians were so impressed with him that they invited him to try out for the Australian Test team in 1897-98. He went to Melbourne and practised there, but was unable to reproduce his New Zealand form on the harder Australian pitches, and was not selected in the Australian team. Against the MCC in Wellington in 1906-07, he took 4 for 25 and 5 for 61 in a 56-run victory for New Zealand.
He died in Dunedin in 1961 at the age of 90.
