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James Fellowes (21 August 1841 – 3 May 1916) was an English soldier and amateur

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er. Fellowes served in the

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and played

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for

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and

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. He was a right-handed who bowled right-arm fast

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Military career

Fellowes was born in the

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in South Africa in 1841.James Fellowes

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. Retrieved 2017-06-19. He joined the

and was commissioned in the Corps. He reached the rank of

and served as Assistant-Commandant of the

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. In 1890 Fellowes retired from the army on half-pay.

Cricket career

Fellowes first played cricket for the Royal Engineers Cricket Club in 1868 and joined the MCC in 1869.Ambrose D (2003
Brief profile of James Fellowes
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-06-15 . He made his

debut for MCC against

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in 1870.James Fellowes
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debut for

in 1873. He played nine first-class matches for Kent up until 1881 before going on to play eleven times for

between 1883 and 1885.Col. James Fellowes
Other deaths in 1916, ''

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'', 1917. Retrieved 2017-06-19.Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914'' (revised edition), pp. 168–169.
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. Retrieved 2020-12-21.) In his first-class career Fellowes took a total of 60 wickets at an

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of 18.96, including taking 13/100 for Kent against

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in 1874. He was described in

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as "a very hard hitter, and a fast round-armed bowler" who could field at "any place with effect".Quoted in Fellowes' Wisden obituary, Wisden ''

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'' The majority of his non-first-class games for the

, making over 50 appearances for the Corps. He made appearances for a number of other teams, including

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and the Army team. Fellowes was the co-secretary of Hampshire between 1883 and 1886 and was involved in founding the Hampshire Hogs and Devon Dumplings clubs.

Later life

He was employed by the

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and in March 1883 was elected a Fellow of the

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.Meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society
''Astronomical register'', vol. 21, pp. 75–82, 9 March 1883. Retrieved 2017-06-19. His daughter Anna, married Walter Coote Hedley who also served in the

and later joined the Ordnance Survey.Lewis P (2013) ''For Kent and Country'', pp. 203–206. Brighton: Reveille Press. Fellowes died in

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on 3 May 1916 aged 74. He is buried in the churchyard of

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References

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