Arthur Palethorpe

Arthur Lissant Palethorpe (1854 – 23 July 1916) was a New Zealand cricketer who played for Wellington. Palethorpe made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1879–80 season, against Nelson. From the tailend, he failed to score a run in either innings in which he batted.^[1]

Born in Liverpool, Palethorpe married Elizabeth Bilson in Everton in August 1875.^[2] He moved to New Zealand later in the 1870s. Under the name Arthur Lissant he was a prominent performer in the first productions of many of the Gilbert & Sullivan operettas in Australia and New Zealand.^[3]