James Harry Roberts (1 July 1864 – 11 August 1911) was an English cricketer. Roberts was a left-handed batsman. He was born in Walton, (now in Liverpool), Lancashire and was educated at Uppingham School.
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| Full name | James Harry Roberts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 July 1864 Walton, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 August 1911 (aged 47) Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1892 | Middlesex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 8 February 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Roberts toured South Africa with Major Warton's team in 1888/89, playing one match on the tour.[1] He didn't feature in either of the two matches against South Africa which were later given Test status. He later made a single first-class appearance for Middlesex in the 1892 County Championship against Sussex at the County Ground, Hove.[2] He batted once scoring 35 runs in Middlesex's first-innings, before being dismissed by Fred Tate.[3] This was his only first-class appearance for the county.
He died at Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex on 11 August 1911.
References
edit- ^ "Miscellaneous Matches played by James Roberts". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by James Roberts". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ^ "Sussex v Middlesex, 1892 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
External links
edit- James Roberts at ESPNcricinfo
- James Roberts at CricketArchive