James Cranston
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| Batting style | Left-handed batsman | |
| Bowling type | Left-arm | |
| Tests | First-class | |
| Matches | 1 | 118 |
| Runs scored | 31 | 3450 |
| Batting average | 15.50 | 19.71 |
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 5/14 |
| Top score | 16 | 152 |
| Balls bowled | 0 | 24 |
| Wickets | 0 | 0 |
| Bowling average | n/a | n/a |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 0 |
| Best bowling | n/a | n/a |
| Catches/stumpings | 1/0 | 49/0 |
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Test debut: 11 August 1890 |
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James Cranston (born 9 January 1859 in Bordesley, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England (his father being the architect James Cranston); died 10 December 1904 in Bristol, England) was an amateur cricketer who was educated at Taunton College in Somerset and went on to play 103 first-class cricket matches for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club between 1876 and 1899. He also played for Warwickshire County Cricket Club in 1886 and 1887, which was before Warwickshire gained first-class status. He also played one Test match for England against Australia in 1890.
Although he only played in that one Test, at the Oval at the end of the 1890 season, it was a low-scoring match, and his innings were important in England's two wicket victory, which saw them win the Ashes. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack said of his innings that that "his defence under very trying conditions against the bowling of Turner and Ferris was masterly". Cranston played no more Test cricket, and his career all but came to an end a year later after suffering a fit whilst playing the game, although he was able to return briefly eight years later.
[edit] References
- CricketArchive page on James Cranston
- Cricinfo page on James Cranston
- A Brief Profile of James Cranston by Don Ambrose
- A Profile of James Cranston by Dave Liverman
