Arthur Sims
(Person)
New Zealand businessman and amateur cricketer.
Mentioned in
- Was It All Cricket?
- Chapter 1 — Youth
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Chapter 3 — First Overseas Tour
- Chapter 6 — MacLaren's English Team
- Chapter 22 — County Cricket in England
- Chapter 23 — Life on an Oil-Tanker
- Chapter 28 — Early Plunket Shield Matches
- Chapter 30 — Second Cricket Tour of Australia
- Chapter 31 — My Last Years of Cricket
- Chapter 34 — Commerce and Industry
- Chapter 37 — Port Craig — Venture and Adventure
Image Gallery
.jpg "A. Sims' and V. Trumper's Record Partnership")
.jpg "Canterbury XI, 1910–11 — J.N.Fowke. H.B.Lusk. E.R.Caygill. J.H.Bennett. A.Sims. T.Carlton. D.M.Sandman. W.Carlton. C.Boxshall. D.Reese. W.R.Patrick. E.E.Cranshaw. A.Norman")
.jpg "Canterbury XI—North Island Tour, 1897—98 — F. C. Raphael. H. C. Ridley. C. W. Garrard. F. Wilding. W. C. Pearce. W. C. H. Wigley. — J. Wheatley. A. E. Ridley. C. R. Clark. L. T. Cobcroft. — J. N. Fowler. D. Reese. A. Sims")
.jpg "Fifty Years Ago—The Author with A. Sims")
.jpg "New Zealand Team—Australian Tour, 1898—99 — F. C. Raphael. H. B. Lusk. F. S. Frankish. J. Baker. G. Mills. A. Sims. F. Ashbolt. I. Mills. E. F. Upham. — A. Downes. L. T. Cobcroft. C. Boxshall. — Absent A. H. Fisher. D. Reese")
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Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "Arthur Sims":
- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, which has entries for many prominent New Zealanders.
- Archives New Zealand, which has collections of maps, plans and posters; immigration passenger lists; and probate records.
- National Library of New Zealand, which has extensive collections of published material.
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, which has extensive holdings on the Auckland region and New Zealand military history.
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, which has strong holdings in Tāonga Māori, biological holotypes and New Zealand art.
- nzhistory.net.nz, from the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.