James Roy Gray (19 May 1926 – 31 October 2016) was an English

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er who played for

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English citi ...

. He was a right-handed batsman and passed 2,000 runs in a season on three occasions. He made his highest score of 213

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against Derbyshire during the 1962 season. He took more than 400 wickets for Hampshire including a career best of 7 for 52 against Glamorgan at Swansea in 1955. He died in Southampton in 2016, aged 90.CRICKET: Hampshire mourn the loss of two more post-war legends
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