James Handford
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James Handford was an English
cricket
er for Derbyshire. A right-handed batsman, he was born in Hayfield, Derbyshire. He placed nine first class matches for his county during the 1910 County Championship
, scoring 137 runs at 9.78. Handford played all around the batting order, making his career best 23 against Essex on 16 May 1910. He want on to play one minor cricket for Heavy Woollen District against Yorkshire Second XI in 1911, where he enjoyed his strongest performance, nine and 54 with the bat as well as six wickets – including a five wicket haul – with the ball. He died in Stockport, Cheshire.
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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 for Derbyshire. A right-handed batsman, he was born in Hayfield, Derbyshire. He placed nine first class matches for his county during the 1910 County Championship
County Championship
The County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales...
, scoring 137 runs at 9.78. Handford played all around the batting order, making his career best 23 against Essex on 16 May 1910. He want on to play one minor cricket for Heavy Woollen District against Yorkshire Second XI in 1911, where he enjoyed his strongest performance, nine and 54 with the bat as well as six wickets – including a five wicket haul – with the ball. He died in Stockport, Cheshire.