James Alexander Joseph Christy (12 December 1904 – 1 February 1971) was a South African
cricket
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er who played in ten
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from 1929 to 1931–32.
Christy was a right-handed batsman often used as an opener and a right-arm medium-pace bowler, though he bowled less as he got older and almost not at all in Tests. He played in South African domestic cricket for
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from 1925–26 to 1929–30, toured England, Australia and New Zealand with the
South African team, and then had two seasons playing for
Queensland
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in Australian domestic cricket.
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1904 births
1971 deaths
Gauteng cricketers
Queensland cricketers
South Africa Test cricketers
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