James Douglas (cricketer)
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James Douglas was an English cricketer
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Douglas was educated at Dulwich
and Selwyn College, Cambridge
. He played first-class cricket as a right-handed batsman and a slow left-arm bowler
for Cambridge University
(three blues) and Middlesex
.
He came from a cricketing family. His brothers A.P., Robert
and Sholto also played first-class cricket.
Cricketer
A cricketer is a person who plays the sport of cricket. Official and long-established cricket publications prefer the traditional word "cricketer" over the rarely used term "cricket player"....
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Douglas was educated at Dulwich
Dulwich College
Dulwich College is an independent school for boys in Dulwich, southeast London, England. The college was founded in 1619 by Edward Alleyn, a successful Elizabethan actor, with the original purpose of educating 12 poor scholars as the foundation of "God's Gift". It currently has about 1,600 boys,...
and Selwyn College, Cambridge
Selwyn College, Cambridge
Selwyn College is a constituent college in the University of Cambridge in England, United Kingdom.The college was founded by the Selwyn Memorial Committee in memory of the Rt Reverend George Selwyn , who rowed on the Cambridge crew in the first Varsity Boat Race in 1829, and went on to become the...
. He played first-class cricket as a right-handed batsman and a slow left-arm bowler
Finger spin
Finger spin is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket. It refers to the cricket technique and specific hand movements associated with imparting a particular direction of spin to the cricket ball. The other spinning technique, generally used to spin the ball in the opposite direction, is wrist spin...
for Cambridge University
Cambridge University Cricket Club
Cambridge University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team. It now plays all but one of its first-class cricket matches as part of the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence , which includes Anglia Ruskin University...
(three blues) and Middlesex
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...
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He came from a cricketing family. His brothers A.P., Robert
Robert Noel Douglas
Robert Noel Douglas was an English cricketer and priest.He was educated at Dulwich and Selwyn College, Cambridge. He represented Cambridge University , Surrey and Middlesex as a right-handed batsman. His brothers A.P., James and Sholto also played first-class cricket.-External links:* *...
and Sholto also played first-class cricket.