James Edward Hume (1858 – 1 June 1909) was a Scottish-born

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er. He played a single first-class match in New Zealand for

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during the 1880–81 season.James Hume

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. Retrieved 2023-12-22. Hume was born at

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in Scotland and moved to New Zealand in his youth. He was educated at Otago Boys' High School in

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and later worked as a surveyor.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010''. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
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at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2023-06-05.) Hume played in an Otago team of 22 against the touring Australians in January 1881 and the following month made his only first-class appearance. Playing against

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he scored a single run in each innings and took two wickets, opening the bowling for the side. He died in 1909 in Malaysia.James Hume
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1858 births 1909 deaths New Zealand cricketers Otago cricketers British emigrants to New Zealand 19th-century New Zealand sportspeople People educated at Otago Boys' High School {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1850s-stub