James Edmonds (cricketer)

James Edmonds

Personal information
Full name	James William Edmonds
Born	4 June 1951 Smethwick, Staffordshire, England
Died	20 June 2011 (aged 60) Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Left-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1975	Lancashire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored – Batting average – 100s/50s –/– Top score – Balls bowled 215 Wickets 3 Bowling average 27.33 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 3/52 Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 16 June 2012

James William Edmonds (4 June 1951 – 20 June 2011) was an English cricketer. Edmonds was a right-handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast-medium. He was born at Smethwick, Staffordshire.

Edmonds made a single first-class appearance for Lancashire against Cambridge University at Fenner's in 1975.^[1] Cambridge University won the toss and elected to bat first, making 232 all out in their first-innings, during which Edmonds bowled 20.5 overs for 52, taking the wickets of Richard Smyth, Stephen Wookey, and Mark Allbrook. Lancashire then made 409 declared in their first-innings, during which Edmonds wasn't required to bat. Cambridge University reached 240/6 in their second-innings, at which point the match was declared a draw.^[2] This was his only major appearance for Lancashire.

He died at Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, on 20 June 2011.

References

1. "First-Class Matches played by James Edmonds". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
2. "Cambridge University v Lancashire, 1975". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 June 2012.

External links

• James Edmonds at ESPNcricinfo
• James Edmonds at CricketArchive