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James "Jem" Grundy (5 March 1824 in New Radford,
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– 24 November 1873 in Carrington, Nottingham) was an
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cricketer during the game's roundarm era. He was one of the notable bowlers of the 1850s and was frequently among the leading wicket-takers. He bowled right-arm fast roundarm and is known to have occasionally used fast underarm deliveries, but he is said to have varied his pace. He batted right-handed and was an occasional wicket-keeper. Grundy's known first-class career spanned the 1850 to 1869 seasons. He took 1,137 wickets in 298 matches with a bowling average of 12.81 with a best analysis of 9/19. He had 84 5-wicket innings and 24 10-wicket matches. He scored 5,898 runs with the bat at an average of 12.65 with a highest score of 95. He took 233 catches and made 2 stumpings. In 1857, he became the first person to be given out
handled the ball Handled the ball was formerly one of the methods of dismissing a batsman in the sport of cricket, but was integrated into the Law on obstructing the field when the Laws of Cricket were rewritten in 2017. It dictated that either batsman can be g ...
. At the end of the 1859 English cricket season, Grundy was one of the 12 players who took part in cricket's first-ever overseas tour when an
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led by George Parr visited North America.


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* H S Altham, ''A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914)'', George Allen & Unwin, 1926 *
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, ''A Social History of English Cricket'', Aurum, 1999 *
Rowland Bowen Major Rowland Francis Bowen (27 February 1916 – 4 September 1978) was a British Army officer and a cricket researcher, historian and writer. Educated at Westminster School, Bowen received an emergency commission in April 1942 into the In ...
, ''Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development'', Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970 *
Arthur Haygarth Arthur Haygarth (4 August 1825 – 1 May 1903) was a noted amateur cricketer who became one of cricket's most significant historians. He played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club and Sussex between 1844 and 1861, as well as num ...
, ''Scores & Biographies, Volumes 3–9 (1841–1866)'', Lillywhite, 1862–1867 *
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, ''More Than A Game'', HarperCollins, 2007 – includes the famous 1859 touring team photo taken on board ship at Liverpool {{DEFAULTSORT:Grundy, James 1824 births 1873 deaths United All-England Eleven cricketers English cricketers English cricketers of 1826 to 1863 English cricketers of 1864 to 1889 Nottinghamshire cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Players cricketers North v South cricketers Cricketers from Nottingham Professionals of Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club and Metropolitan Clubs cricketers North of the Thames v South of the Thames cricketers