Arthur Lang

Arthur Horace Lang (25 October 1890 – 25 January 1915) was an English cricketer active in the first decade of the 1900s and in the first years of the following decade, making over twenty appearances in first-class cricket. Born at Bombay in the British Raj, Lang was a right-handed batsman who played as a wicket-keeper.

Cricket career Lang was educated at Harrow School, where he captained the school cricket team in 1908 and 1909. A year prior to captaining the school, Lang had made his debut in county cricket for Suffolk against Hertfordshire in the 1907 Minor Counties Championship, with him making two further appearances for the county in that season. He followed this up by playing three matches for Suffolk in 1908, but played only one match each in 1909 and 1910. He played six first-class matches for Sussex in 1912, as well as making his debut for Cambridge University (where he was at Trinity College ) against the Marylebone Cricket Club. He played seven first-class matches for the university in 1913, as well as six for Sussex, most of which came in the latter stages of the County Championship. He made two centuries in first-class cricket, both for Sussex.

War service and disappearance With the onset of the First World War, Lang enlisted in the British Army and served with the Grenadier Guards with the rank of second lieutenant.