James Walton (25 March 1857-after 1875) was an English

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er who played for

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during the 1875 season. He was born in

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, then in the county of

.James Walton
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-06. Walton made just one first-class appearance, in a County match against

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which the team lost by a margin of an innings and 60 runs. Despite being caught for a duck in the first innings, Walton put on a respectable 13 from the tail end in the second innings, the second-highest score of any individual in the Kent second innings.Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914'' (revised edition), p. 550.
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. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)

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