James Stubbings (27 April 1856 – 17 July 1912) was an English

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er who played first-class cricket for

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between 1880 and 1885.

Life

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and 'G G' Walker and all three also played for Welbeck as well as the county. Stubbings played for Players of the North in 1877, in a scratch team for Yorkshire against the Australians in 1878 and for Derbyshire against

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in the 1879 season. His debut first-class appearance for the Derbyshire side was in the 1880 season against the touring Australians, and in the same year he played county matches against

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taking 5–51 in the second innings. His next Derbyshire game was in the 1885 season against Lancashire. He later played matches for Derbyshire in

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when Derbyshire was without first-class status. Stubbings was a right-handed batsman and played 10 innings in 5 first-class matches with a top score of 10 and an average of 3.71. He was a right-handed fast bowler and took 7 first-class wickets with an average of 20.28 and a best performance of 5-51.James Stubbings at Cricket Archive
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at the age of 56. Stubbings' brother,

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, fourteen years his junior, played one first-class match for Derbyshire.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stubbings, Walter 1856 births 1912 deaths English cricketers Derbyshire cricketers People from Whitwell, Derbyshire Cricketers from Derbyshire Players of the North cricketers