Arthur Plowright

Arthur Vincent Plowright (6 October 1916 — 29 November 1992) was a Scottish first-class cricketer and Royal Air Force officer.

The son of James Plowright, a cricketer and groundsman, he was born at Edinburgh in October 1916 and was educated at Daniel Stewart's College. A club cricketer for Stewart's Former Pupils, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Scotland against Yorkshire at Harrogate on Scotland's 1937 tour of England.[1] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 7 runs by Norman Yardley, while following-on in their second innings he was dismissed for 29 runs by Len Hutton, which was the highest score of the Scottish second innings.[2] Plowright served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, being commissioned as a pilot officer on probation in April 1941.[3] He was confirmed in the rank in April 1942, and was concurrently given the war substantive rank of flight officer.[4] Following the war, he was commended by George VI in the 1947 New Year Honours for 'valuable service in the air',[5] after which promotion to squadron leader in June 1948.[6] He was promoted to wing commander in July 1955,[7] later retiring in November 1971.[8] Plowright was stationed in Berkshire during the 1950s and played in club cricket for Reading.[9] He died at Guildford in November 1992.