Arthur Valentine Poole (28 April 1878 – 11 April 1955) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Southland from 1915 to 1921. A middle-order batsman and occasional bowler, Arthur Poole played in six of the eight matches Southland played in their brief period as a first-class team. He made their highest-ever score, 77 in the first innings against Otago in 1914–15, as well as top-scoring with 38 in the second innings. In the first innings he hit two sixes and 11 fours and reached his 50 in 40 minutes. He also top-scored for Southland in their last first-class match, against the touring Australians in 1920–21.