Eric Lisle James (21 October 1881 – 28 August 1948) was an Australian
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
er who played a single
first-class match for
Tasmania
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. Born in
Low Head
Low Head is a rural residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of George Town Council, George Town in the Launceston LGA Region, Launceston LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about north of the town of George Town, Tasmania, G ...
,
Tasmania
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, James's only recorded matches came during the 1903–04 season. In December 1903, he played for "North" in the first of two "North v South" matches for the season, held at the
NTCA Ground
The North Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, better known as the NTCA Ground, is the oldest first-class cricket ground in Australia. It is a multi-use sports venue situated in Launceston, Australia. In 1851, the ground hosted Australia's fi ...
in
Launceston. He also played in the return fixture, held in April 1904 at the
TCA Ground in
Hobart
Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...
. James's only match at state level came against the touring
Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's Cricket Ground, which it owns, in St John's Wood, London. The club was formerly the governing body of cricket retaining considerable global influence ...
in January 1904, as part of the English team's
1903–04 tour of Australia. In the match, played in Launceston, he scored four runs in his only innings before being bowled by
George Hirst
George Herbert Hirst (7 September 1871 – 10 May 1954) was a professional English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1891 and 1921, with a further appearance in 1929. One of the best all-r ...
, and failed to take a wicket whilst bowling. James died in
Malvern
Malvern or Malverne may refer to:
Places Australia
* Malvern, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide
* Malvern, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne
* City of Malvern, a former local government area near Melbourne
* Electoral district of Malvern, an e ...
,
Victoria (a suburb of
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
), in August 1948.
Eric James profile
– ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
See also
* List of Tasmanian representative cricketers
References
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1881 births
1948 deaths
Australian cricketers
Cricketers from Tasmania
Tasmania cricketers