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This is a short (46-page) biography of Arthur Howell Brockie, who was the younger half-brother of Billy Brockie, the most successful first-class captain in the history of the Gentlemen of Philadelphia cricket team.
Arthur started to play for the Germantown junior cricket team at the age of eleven and made his debut for the senior eleven aged 15. He struggled to hold down a regular place in what was the strongest cricket club in Philadelphia.
He then played, with some success in two minor matches for the Gentlemen of Philadelphia in 1892 and 1893 but it was a year later when he made his greatest mark.
At the still tender age of 19 he made his first-class cricket debut in his "golden summer" of 1894. He played in two matches and looked as though he was on the verge of becoming one of the elite of Philadelphia cricketers.
That failed to materialise and this is the story of the Philadelphian that got away
Steve Smith
Steve Smith is a successful magazine editor and writer who penned the bestselling sports autobiographies To the Point, for bad-boy cricketer Herschelle Gibbs, and SuperVan & I, for motor-racing legend Sarel van der Merwe. Steve is also an enthusiastic mountain-biker, having completed several multiday stage races. He is the editor of CAR magazine, and was previously at the helm of Red Bull's magazine, The Red Bulletin, and Sports Illustrated. He lives in Cape Town, South Africa.
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