James Light (christened 7 August 1803) was an English
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 for
Sussex
Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English ...
. He was born in
Midhurst.
Light made a single first-class appearance, in 1825, against
Hampshire. Batting in the opening order, Light scored 8 runs in the first innings in which he batted and 1 run in the second.
See also
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Light (surname) Light is a surname of the English language.
Etymology
Coming from Middle English, there are several possible meanings. From the Middle English lyght it means a happy, cheerful person. The Old English leoht could be a person who is ‘bright’ or ...
External links
James Lightat Cricket Archive
1803 births
English cricketers
Sussex cricketers
People from Midhurst
Year of death missing
English cricketers of 1787 to 1825
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