James Slight (20 October 1855 – 9 December 1930) was an Australian cricketer who played in one

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in 1880. Slight played

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as a batsman for

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from 1874 to 1888, but was never able to replicate at state level his heavy scoring for

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, where his score of 279 in 1882-83 is still the club record. He toured England in 1880 with the Australian team and played in the first Test to be held in England, but his tour was marred by illness. Slight was also a leading Australian rules footballer for South Melbourne Football Club in the

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(VFA) as well as a field umpire, who, in 1879, umpired the first ever interstate Australian rules match.Atkinson, p. 184.

References

Sources

* Atkinson, G. (1982) ''Everything you ever wanted to know about Australian rules football but couldn't be bothered asking'', The Five Mile Press: Melbourne. .

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* 1855 births 1930 deaths Australia Test cricketers Australian cricketers Australian rules football umpires Australian rules footballers from Geelong Cricketers from Geelong South Melbourne Football Club (VFA) players Victoria cricketers {{Australia-cricket-bio-1850s-stub