played many times for England (he played in only three Tests and in one of those not as wicket-keeper). May commented on McIntyre's reliability and how he kept superbly to the great Surrey bowling attack of Bedser, Loader, Laker and Lock on difficult wickets. McIntyre, said May, made it look easy and was "never acrobatic" (unlike Evans). McIntyre himself said he had the greatest difficulty keeping wicket to Jim Laker who "spun the ball so viciously". He retired from regular first-class cricket after the 1958 season and became Surrey's coach, a position he held until the end of the 1976 season. He made a few first-class appearances while coach when the usual wicket-keeper was injured or unavailable: six in 1959, two in 1960 and two in 1963. Following the death of Ken Cranston on 9 January 2007, he became England's oldest living former Test cricketer. He died on Boxing Day, 2009. References External links Guardian obituary England's oldest surviving Test cricketer dies, Cricinfo, 9 January 2007 Arthur McIntyre, Cricketer of the Year 1958, from Cricinfo (text taken from the 1958 edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almamack) Arthur McIntyre dies aged 91, Cricinfo, 26 December 2009 Smith, Martin (editor). The Promise of Endless Summer (Cricket Lives from the Daily Telegraph). Aurum (2013). 1918 births 2009 deaths Military personnel from London British Army personnel of World War II East of England cricketers England Test cricketers English cricket coaches English cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers North v South cricketers Royal Army Physical Training Corps soldiers Surrey cricketers Wisden Cricketers of the Year H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI cricketers Wicket-keepers