James Taylor (Sussex cricketer)
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James Taylor was an English professional cricket
er who played first-class cricket
from 1834 to 1844. He was mainly associated with Sussex and made 28 known appearances in first-class matches including 1 for the Players
in 1837.
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 who played first-class cricket
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...
from 1834 to 1844. He was mainly associated with Sussex and made 28 known appearances in first-class matches including 1 for the Players
Gentlemen v Players
The Gentlemen v Players game was a first-class cricket match that was generally played on an annual basis between one team consisting of amateurs and one of professionals . The first two games took place in 1806 but the fixture was not revived until 1819. It was more or less annual thereafter...
in 1837.