| James Crowdy | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | James Gordon Crowdy |
| Birth Date: | 2 July 1847 |
| Birth Place: | Highworth, Wiltshire, England |
| Death Place: | Winchester, Hampshire, England |
| Heightft: | 5 |
| Heightinch: | 8[1] |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Club1: | Marylebone Cricket Club |
| Year1: | 1872 |
| Club2: | Hampshire |
| Year2: | 1875–1884 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 7 |
| Runs1: | 112 |
| Bat Avg1: | 9.33 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 21 |
| Deliveries1: | 28 |
| Wickets1: | 1 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 31.00 |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | 1/31 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | –/– |
| Date: | 28 January |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Source: | http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/10885.html Cricinfo |
James Gordon Crowdy (2 July 1847 – 16 December 1918) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.
The son of George Frederick Crowdy, he was born in July 1847 at Highworth, Wiltshire. He was educated at Rugby School,[2] where he played for the school cricket team.[3] From Rugby, he matriculated to Wadham College, Oxford.[4] After graduating from Oxford, he was appointed a minor canon at Winchester Cathedral in 1872, a post he held until 1890.[2] In the same year as his appointment at Winchester, Crowdy made his debut in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Oxford University at Oxford. He later played county cricket for Hampshire on six occasions between 1875 and 1884.[5] In seven first-class matches, he scored 112 runs at an average of 9.33, with a highest score of 21.[6] Commenting in Scores and Biographies, Arthur Haygarth noted that Crowdy was "a good hitter and field generally at point or cover-point".[1]
Crowdy was later appointed rector of Sherfield on Loddon in 1890, alongside being an honorary canon and precentor at Winchester Cathedral.[2] He held the rectorship at Sherfield until 1912. He died at Winchester in December 1918,[7] [3] with a memorial to him being erected on the wall inside Winchester Cathedral.