James Gray (15 March 1885 – 17 November 1975) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in ten first-class matches for Canterbury from 1917 to 1920.[1][2]
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| Born | 15 March 1885 Oamaru, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 November 1975 (aged 90) Christchurch, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1901/02–1903/04 | Canterbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In December 1917, Gray, captaining Sydenham in the senior Christchurch competition against Christ's College, scored 343 not out in 225 minutes before declaring the innings closed at 599 for 4.[3] Sydenham won by an innings and 326 runs. Both Gray's score and Sydenham's are still record scores for the Christchurch competition.[4]
Gray made his first-class debut later that month, captaining Canterbury to victory over Otago, scoring 20 and 32 in a low-scoring match.[5] A year later, in the first Plunket Shield match after World War I, he made 100 in 132 minutes, the only century in the match, when Canterbury lost by two wickets to Wellington.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "James Gray". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ "James Gray". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ "District Cricket". Sun: 3. 10 December 1917.
- ^ Annual Report 2013/14, Christchurch Metropolitan Cricket Association, 2014, p. 57.
- ^ "Canterbury v Otago 1917-18". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ "Canterbury v Wellington 1918-19". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
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