James Tylden (26 April 1889 – 24 February 1949) was an English

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er. He was a left-handed batsman who played first-class cricket for

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. He was born in

and died in Whitechapel.James Tylden
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-05. Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part Two: 1919–1939'', pp. 148–149.
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at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-07-01.) Tylden, who had represented Kent's Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship since 1920, made his sole first-class appearance against

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in 1923. He was caught out for 19 in the first innings, and for a duck in the second. Tylden appeared for I Zingari in a twelve-a-side match in 1925. He was a lower-middle order batsman throughout his time with the Second XI and in the first team. Tylden's brother-in-law was William Findlay, who played for County Cricket for Lancashire between 1902 and 1906.

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