10 greatest cricketers from Somerset

#7 Arthur Wellard

Arthur Wellard

Arthur William Wellard was primarily a bowler who could bat a bit. It’s unfortunate that he couldn’t play much for England, but that doesn’t undermine the skills he possessed.

However, he would primarily be remembered as a batsman because of his ability to clear the ropes. While he scored 12485 first-class runs, he also muscled nearly 500 sixes, which was somewhat unusual for a cricketer of that era.

Apart from that, he bagged 1600+ wickets with 108 five-wicket hauls and 24 ten-wicket hauls. In an unofficial Test, the all-rounder ripped apart India with figures of 9/117. He breathed his last in 1980 at the age of 78.