| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | James Christie Traill |
| Birth Date: | 1826 |
| Birth Place: | Walworth, Surrey, England |
| Death Date: | 6 February 1899 (aged 72–73) |
| Death Place: | Fulham, Middlesex, England |
| Family: | George Traill (brother) William Traill (brother) William Hartopp (brother-in-law) |
| Batting: | Unknown |
| Bowling: | Unknown |
| Club1: | Oxford University |
| Year1: | 1848 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 3 |
| Runs1: | 19 |
| Bat Avg1: | 3.80 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 7 |
| Deliveries1: | 84 |
| Wickets1: | 4 |
| Bowl Avg1: | ? |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | 2/? |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | –/– |
| Date: | 7 April |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/22094.html Cricinfo |
James Christie Traill (1826 – 6 February 1899) was an English first-class cricketer and barrister.
The son of James Traill senior (1794–1873), a Metropolitan police magistrate, and his wife Caroline Whateley, he was born in 1826 at Walworth, Surrey. George Balfour Traill was his younger brother.[1] [2] He matriculated at St John's College, Oxford in 1845, graduating B.A. 1849, M.A. 1852,.
A student of the Inner Temple, Traill was called to the bar in January 1853.[3] In 1873 he inherited from his father the family estate in Orkney, Ratter and Hobbister.[2] He was appointed to be a deputy lieutenant of Caithness in April 1875, in addition to serving as a justice of the peace for the county. Traill died at Fulham in February 1899.
While studying at Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Oxford in 1848.[4] The following year he made two further first-class appearances for the Gentlemen of Kent against the Gentlemen of England at Lord's and Canterbury in 1849.[4] Traill scored 19 runs in his three first-class matches, in addition to taking 4 wickets.[5]
His brothers, George and William, also played first-class cricket, as did his brother-in-law William Hartopp.
Traill married in 1857 Julia Lambarde, second daughter of William Lambarde of Sevenoaks.[8] Two of their sons, James William (1858–1917) and John Murray (1865–1914), were killed in World War I.[9]