Jimmy Gray (English cricketer)
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| Full name | James Roy Gray | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 May 1926 Southampton, Hampshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 31 October 2016 (aged 90) Southampton, Hampshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1948–1966 | Hampshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1954–1959 | Marylebone Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 12 April 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
James 'Jimmy' 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]
Early life and football career
Gray was born in Southampton in May 1926.
Cricket career
References
- ↑ "Wisden Obituaries, 2016". Cricinfo. 20 February 2018.
- ↑ "The Professional Cricketers' Association". Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- ↑ CRICKET: Hampshire mourn the loss of two more post-war legends
