Jemmy Dean

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James Dean (born 4 January 1816 at Duncton, Sussex; died 25 December 1881 at Duncton) was an English cricketer who played for Sussex CCC in the 19th century.

His career spanned the 1835 to 1861 English seasons and he is credited with 305 first-class appearances. He was a right-handed batsman and a right arm fast roundarm bowler. He occasionally kept wicket.

Dean was famously an associate of John Wisden.

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  • H S Altham, A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914), George Allen & Unwin, 1926
  • Derek Birley, A Social History of English Cricket, Aurum, 1999
  • Rowland Bowen, Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970
  • Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volumes 3-9 (1841-1866), Lillywhite, 1862-1867
  • John Major, More Than A Game, HarperCollins, 2007