Country: | England |
Fullname: | James Egerton Lowndes Wright |
Birth Date: | 10 May 1912 |
Birth Place: | London, England |
Death Place: | Ashford Hill, Hampshire, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Family: | Egerton Wright (father) |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 1 |
Runs1: | 48 |
Bat Avg1: | 24.00 |
100S/50S1: | - / - |
Top Score1: | 48 |
Deliveries1: | - |
Wickets1: | - |
Bowl Avg1: | - |
Fivefor1: | - |
Tenfor1: | - |
Best Bowling1: | - |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/ - |
Date: | 6 April |
Year: | 2012 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/23226.html Cricinfo |
James Egerton Lowndes Wright (10 May 1912 - 14 January 1987) was an English cricketer. Wright was a right-handed batsman. He was born at London.
Educated at Winchester College, he progressed from the college cadet force to enlist in the London Regiment as a 2nd Lieutenant. In 1935 he gained promotion to Lieutenant in the same regiment. In 1937, Wright made a single first-class appearance for the Free Foresters against Oxford University at the University Parks.[1] In a match which Oxford University won by ten wickets, Wright batted twice, scoring 48 runs in the Free Foresters first-innings before being dismissed by Bill Murray-Wood, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for a duck by David Macindoe.[2]
He died at Ashford Hill, Hampshire on 14 January 1987. His father Egerton Wright also played first-class cricket.