James Oldknow (12 March 1873 – 10 September 1944) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1901.
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| Born | 12 March 1873 Denby, Derbyshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 September 1944 (aged 71) Belper, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1901 | Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 20 May 1901 Derbyshire v Yorkshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 30 May 1901 Derbyshire v Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, April 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oldknow was born in Denby, Derbyshire, the son of William Wheatcroft Oldknow, a coal miner, and his wife Jane.[1]
Oldknow made his first-class debut for Derbyshire in the 1901 season in a game in May against Yorkshire, when he took 3 wickets for 123 in the first innings. He took a wicket and two catches in his next and last game against Surrey. Oldknow was a right-arm medium-pace bowler and took 4 first-class wickets at an average of 40.50 and a best performance of 3-123. He was a right-handed batsman and played 4 innings in 2 first-class matches at an average of 2.33 and a highest score of 7 not out.[2]
Oldknow died in Belper at the age of 71.
References
edit- ^ British Census 1881
- ^ James Oldknow at Cricket Archive