Jimmy Gray (English cricketer) explained

James Gray
Birth Date:19 May 1926
Birth Place:Southampton, England
Death Place:Southampton, England
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm medium
Columns:2
Column1:First-class
Matches1:458
Runs1:22,650
Bat Avg1:30.73
100S/50S1:30/120
Top Score1:213
Deliveries1:33,086
Wickets1:457
Bowl Avg1:30.01
Fivefor1:11
Tenfor1:1
Best Bowling1:7/52
Catches/Stumpings1:352/–
Column2:List A
Matches2:6
Runs2:70
Bat Avg2:17.50
100S/50S2:0/0
Top Score2:22
Deliveries2:322
Wickets2:7
Bowl Avg2:24.85
Fivefor2:0
Tenfor2:0
Best Bowling2:3/28
Catches/Stumpings2:2/–
Source:https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6623/6623.html CricketArchive
Date:12 April
Year:2023

James Roy Gray (19 May 1926 – 31 October 2016) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Hampshire.[1] He was a right-handed batsman and passed 2,000 runs in a season on three occasions. He made his highest score of 213 not out against Derbyshire during the 1962 season. He took more than 400 wickets for Hampshire including a career best of 7 for 52 against Glamorgan at Swansea in 1955. He died in Southampton in 2016, aged 90.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wisden Obituaries, 2016. 20 February 2018. Cricinfo.
  2. Web site: The Professional Cricketers' Association . 3 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180131023847/http://www.thepca.co.uk/obituaries.html#vic . 31 January 2018 . dead .
  3. http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/14835890.CRICKET__Hampshire_mourn_the_loss_of_two_more_post_war_legends/ CRICKET: Hampshire mourn the loss of two more post-war legends