James Salmon (cricketer) explained

James Salmon
Fullname:	James Alexander Nathaniel Salmon
Birth Date:	8 January 1849
Birth Place:	Sydney, Australia
Death Place:	Wellington, New Zealand
Bowling:	Right-arm medium-pace
Year1:	1873 to 1881
Date:	27 October 2020
Source:	http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/38443.html Cricinfo

James Salmon (8 January 1849  - 28 November 1903) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in four first-class matches for Wellington from 1873 to 1881.^{[1] [2]}

Salmon was a right-arm medium-pace bowler. The 1877-78 Australian team considered him Wellington's best bowler.^[3]

He worked in Wellington as managing clerk for Chapman & Tripp, barristers, until obliged to give up work in 1901 owing to illness.^[4] In November 1903 he died suddenly at home in Wellington of heart failure after a fall.^[5] He left two sons and a daughter.^[6]

See also

• List of Wellington representative cricketers

Notes and References

1. Web site: James Salmon . ESPN Cricinfo . 27 October 2020.
2. Web site: James Salmon . Cricket Archive . 27 October 2020.
3. The Australian Eleven in New Zealand . Leader . 16 February 1878 . 12-13 .
4. Sudden Death . New Zealand Times . 30 November 1903 . 5 .
5. Sudden Death . Taranaki Daily News . 30 November 1903 . 3 .
6. Sudden Death of Mr. J. A. N. Salmon . Evening Post . 30 November 1903 . 6 .