James Edward Ford (6 February 1836 – 11 March 1877) was an English first-class cricketer.
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| Full name | James Edward Ford | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 February 1836 Heavitree, Devon, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 March 1877 (aged 41) Hastings, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 2 August 2019 | |||||||||||||||
The son of the Reverend James Ford, he was born at Heavitree near Exeter and was educated at Rugby School.[1] He made his debut in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Kent at Gravesend in 1857. In the same year he made two further first-class appearances, playing for the Gentlemen of England against the Gentlemen of Kent and Sussex at Lord's, and for the MCC against Sussex at St Leonards-on-Sea.[2] He died at Hastings in March 1877.
References
edit- ^ Temple, Frederick (1867). Rugby School Register: From 1675 to 1867 Inclusive. W. Billington. p. 165.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by James Ford". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 August 2019.