Arthur Farmer (cricketer)

Arthur Augustus Farmer (22 February 1815 – 1 April 1897) was an English first-class cricketer and barrister.

The son of William Meeke Farmer, he was born at London in February 1815.

[1] Farmer played further first-class matches following his graduation from Cambridge, playing once for Cambridge Town Club in 1838 against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), before making an appearance each in 1839 for the MCC against a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities team and for Surrey against the MCC.

[2] He later emigrated to Upper Canada where he married Louisa Emily de Blaquière, daughter of Peter de Blaquière.

[5] Farmer died in the United States at Buffalo in April 1897.