James Crowdy (cricketer)

James Crowdy
Personal information
Full name
James Gordon Crowdy
Born2 July 1847
Highworth, Wiltshire, England
Died16 December 1918(1918-12-16) (aged 71)
Winchester, Hampshire, England
Height5 ft 8[1] in (1.73 m)
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1872Marylebone Cricket Club
1875–1884Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 7
Runs scored 112
Batting average 9.33
100s/50s –/–
Top score 21
Balls bowled 28
Wickets 1
Bowling average 31.00
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 1/31
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 January 2010

James Gordon Crowdy (2 July 1847 – 16 December 1918) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.

Life and first-class cricket

The son of George Frederick Crowdy, he was born in July 1847 at Highworth, Wiltshire. He was educated at Rugby School,[2] where he played for the school cricket team.[3] From Rugby, he matriculated to Wadham College, Oxford.[4] After graduating from Oxford, he was appointed a minor canon at Winchester Cathedral in 1872, a post he held until 1890.[2] In the same year as his appointment at Winchester, Crowdy made his debut in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Oxford University at Oxford. He later played county cricket for Hampshire on six occasions between 1875 and 1884.[5] In seven first-class matches, he scored 112 runs at an average of 9.33, with a highest score of 21.[6] Commenting in Scores and Biographies, Arthur Haygarth noted that Crowdy was "a good hitter and field generally at point or cover-point".[1]

Crowdy was later appointed rector of Sherfield on Loddon in 1890, alongside being an honorary canon and precentor at Winchester Cathedral.[2] He held the rectorship at Sherfield until 1912. He died at Winchester in December 1918,[7][3] with a memorial to him being erected on the wall inside Winchester Cathedral.

References

  1. ^ a b Lillywhite, Frederick; Haygarth, Arthur (1877). Frederick Lillywhite's Cricket scores and Biographies. Vol. 9. London: Longman. p. 439.
  2. ^ a b c Mitchell, A. T. (1902). Rugby School Register 1842–1874. Vol. 2. A. J. Lawrence. p. 204.
  3. ^ a b "Wisden - Other deaths in 1919". ESPNcricinfo. 2 December 2005. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  4. ^ Foster, Joseph (1891). "Crowdy, James Gordon". Alumni Oxonienses. Parker and Company. p. 323.
  5. ^ "First-Class Matches played by James Crowdy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  6. ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by James Crowdy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  7. ^ The late Rev. J. Gordon Crowdy. Faringdon Advertiser and Vale of the White Horse Gazette. 4 January 1919. p. 2