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| Full name | James Roy Gray | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1926-05-19)19 May 1926 Southampton, Hampshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 31 October 2016(2016-10-31) (aged 90) Southampton, Hampshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1948–1966 | Hampshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1954–1959 | Marylebone Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 12 April 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
James 'Jimmy' Roy Gray (19 May 1926 – 31 October 2016) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Hampshire. He was a right-handed batsman and passed 2,000 runs in a season on three occasions. He made his highest score of 213 not out 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.
Early life and football career
Gray was born in Southampton in May 1926.
Cricket career
References
- "Wisden Obituaries, 2016". Cricinfo. 20 February 2018.
- "The Professional Cricketers' Association". Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- CRICKET: Hampshire mourn the loss of two more post-war legends
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