James Richards (cricketer)
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Full name | James Henry Richards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Brixton, Surrey, England | 3 January 1855||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 24 August 1923 Tulse Hill, London, England | (aged 68)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1881 | Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 24 June 2012 |
James Henry Richards (3 January 1855 – 24 August 1923) was an English cricketer. Richards' batting and bowling styles are unknown. He was born at Brixton, Surrey.
Richards made two first-class appearances for Surrey in 1881, against Middlesex at Lord's, and Lancashire at Old Trafford.[1] In his first match, Surrey won the toss and elected to bat first, making 157 all out, with Richards scoring a single run before he was dismissed by Augustus Ford. Middlesex responded in their first-innings by making 192 all out, with Richards taking the wickets of A. J. Webbe and Isaac Walker to finish with figures of 2/40 from 28 overs. Surrey then made just 79 all out in their second-innings, with Richards being dismissed by James Robertson for a duck. This left Middlesex requiring just 45 for victory, which they reached without losing any wickets.[2] In his second match, Lancashire won the toss and elected to bat first, making 324 all out, with Richards bowling fourteen wicketless overs. Surrey responded in their first-innings by making just 69 all out, with Richards being dismissed for 8 runs by Alexander Watson. Forced to follow-on in their second-innings, Surrey were dismissed for 130, with Richards dismissed for a duck by Dick Barlow. Lancashire won the match by an innings and 125 runs.[3]
He died at Tulse Hill, London, on 24 August 1923.
References
[edit]- ^ "First-Class Matches played by James Richards". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
- ^ "Middlesex v Surrey, 1881". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
- ^ "Lancashire v Surrey, 1881". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
External links
[edit]- James Richards at ESPNcricinfo
- James Richards at CricketArchive