James Graham (cricketer)
Encyclopedia
James Robert Graham was an Irish cricket
er. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium
bowler, he played seven times for the Ireland cricket team between 1936 and 1939, including six first-class
matches.
in the Irish first innings and took 3/76 in the Scotland first innings. Both these performances are his best for Ireland. The following month, he played against India in his only non-first-class match for Ireland. He also played against the MCC
in 1936.
He played just once for Ireland in 1937, against the Minor Counties combined side. He played twice in 1938, against Scotland and the MCC, and once in 1939 against Scotland, his last game for Ireland.
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Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
bowler, he played seven times for the Ireland cricket team between 1936 and 1939, including six first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
matches.
Playing career
He made his debut for Ireland against Scotland in June 1936 in a first-class match. He scored 12 not outNot out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
in the Irish first innings and took 3/76 in the Scotland first innings. Both these performances are his best for Ireland. The following month, he played against India in his only non-first-class match for Ireland. He also played against the MCC
Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...
in 1936.
He played just once for Ireland in 1937, against the Minor Counties combined side. He played twice in 1938, against Scotland and the MCC, and once in 1939 against Scotland, his last game for Ireland.
Statistics
In all matches for Ireland, he scored fifty runs at an average of 4.17 and took 14 wickets at an averageBowling average
Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket.A bowler's bowling average is defined as the total number of runs conceded by the bowlers divided by the number of wickets taken by the bowler, so the lower the average the better. It is similar to earned...
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