James Lillywhite senior (29 October 1825 – 24 November 1882) was an English

cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...

er active from 1850 to 1860 who played for

Sussex Sussex (Help:IPA/English, /ˈsʌsɪks/; from the Old English ''Sūþseaxe''; lit. 'South Saxons'; 'Sussex') is an area within South East England that was historically a kingdom of Sussex, kingdom and, later, a Historic counties of England, ...

and

Middlesex Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a Historic counties of England, former county in South East England, now mainly within Greater London. Its boundaries largely followed three rivers: the River Thames, Thames in the south, the River Lea, Le ...

. He was born in

Hove Hove ( ) is a seaside resort in East Sussex, England. Alongside Brighton, it is one of the two main parts of the city of Brighton and Hove. Originally a fishing village surrounded by open farmland, it grew rapidly in the 19th century in respon ...

and died in

Cheltenham Cheltenham () is a historic spa town and borough adjacent to the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England. Cheltenham became known as a health and holiday spa town resort following the discovery of mineral springs in 1716, and claims to be the mo ...

. He appeared in twenty

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as a righthanded

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who

bowled In cricket, the term bowled has several meanings. First, it is the act of propelling the ball towards the wicket defended by a batter. Second, it is a method of dismissing a batter, by hitting the wicket with a ball delivered by the bowler. ...

right arm medium pace with a roundarm action. He scored 169 runs with a highest score of 33 and took 31

wicket In the sport of cricket, the term wicket has several meanings: * It is either of the two sets of three Stump (cricket), stumps and two Bail (cricket), bails at each end of the Cricket pitch, pitch. The Fielding (cricket), fielding team's playe ...

s with a best performance of three for 11. He is termed "senior" in sources to differentiate between him and his more famous cousin James Lillywhite junior.James Lillywhite senior at CricketArchive
/ref> He was a member of the Lillywhite family which was famous in 19th century cricket and devised the annual season review named after him:

James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual ''James Lillywhite's Cricketers' Annual'' was a cricket annual edited by Charles W. Alcock, the secretary of Surrey County Cricket Club Surrey County Cricket Club (Surrey CCC) is a first-class club in county cricket, one of eighteen in th ...

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1825 births 1882 deaths English cricketers Sussex cricketers Middlesex cricketers Sportspeople from Hove {{england-cricket-bio-1820s-stub