Arthur Jaques (7 March 1888 — 27 September 1915) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
Jaques would serve in the war with the West Yorkshire Regiment and was subsequently killed in action in September 1915 at the Battle of Loos.
[6] Wisden attributed his success as a bowler to his unusual methods, which involved placing his field mostly on the on-side, pitching on the wicket or just outside the leg-stump, and swinging the ball into the batsman to cramp them for room and force them into losing patience and making an error.
[1] Jaques was a useful lower order batsman, scoring 982 across his first-class career at a batting average of 12.75;[7] he made one half century, a score of 68 against Worcestershire in 1914, in which he put on a partnership of 107 for the tenth wicket with Walter Livsey.
[9] With the beginning of the First World War in July 1914, first-class cricket in England was suspended the following month, following a statement from MCC secretary Francis Lacey.
[18] He was survived by his widow, Edith Glenny Vale, whom he had married at South Stoneham a little over a month prior to his death.