James Crowdy (cricketer)
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| Full name | James Gordon Crowdy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
2 July 1847 Highworth, Wiltshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
16 December 1918 (aged 71) Winchester, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1875, 1877, 1882 & 1884 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1872 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 28 January 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
James Gordon Crowdy (2 July 1847 – 16 December 1918) was an English cricketer. Crowdy was a right-handed batsman.
Crowdy made his first-class debut for the Marylebone Cricket Club in the 1872 season. Crowdy played a single match for the club against Oxford University.
In 1875 Crowdy made his first-class debut for Hampshire against Sussex. Crowdy played three matches for the county in the 1875 season. In a County match against Kent, Crowdy took his only first-class wicket, that of Frank Penn.
Crowdy's next first-class appearance for Hampshire came in 1877, where he played a single first-class match against Kent. It would be five more years before Crowdy represented the county again, in the 1882 season against the Marylebone Cricket Club.
Crowdy's final first-class appearance came in the 1884 season against Surrey.
He was also a ordained priest in the Church of England. He was appointed Minor Canon of Winchester Cathedral in 1872, Precentor of Winchester Cathedral 1879-1890, Rector of Sherfield on Loddon 1890-1912, Rural Dean of Silchester 1904-1912. His memorial is on the wall in Winchester Cathedral.
Crowdy died at Winchester, Hampshire on 16 December 1918.