James Gray
Personal information
Born(1926-05-19)19 May 1926
Southampton, England
Died31 October 2016(2016-10-31) (aged 90)
Southampton, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 458 6
Runs scored 22,650 70
Batting average 30.73 17.50
100s/50s 30/120 0/0
Top score 213* 22
Balls bowled 33,086 322
Wickets 457 7
Bowling average 30.01 24.85
5 wickets in innings 11 0
10 wickets in match 1 0
Best bowling 7/52 3/28
Catches/stumpings 352/– 2/–
Source: CricketArchive, 12 April 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]

References

  1. ↑ "Wisden Obituaries, 2016". Cricinfo. 20 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "The Professional Cricketers' Association". Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  3. ↑ CRICKET: Hampshire mourn the loss of two more post-war legends


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