| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Hamilton Purves | |||
| Born | 4 December 1937 Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England |
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| Batting style | Left-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1962 | Marylebone Cricket Club | |||
| 1960–1961 | Essex | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | First-class | |||
| Matches | 11 | |||
| Runs scored | 474 | |||
| Batting average | 24.94 | |||
| 100s/50s | –/4 | |||
| Top score | 74 | |||
| Balls bowled | – | |||
| Wickets | – | |||
| Bowling average | – | |||
| 5 wickets in innings | – | |||
| 10 wickets in match | – | |||
| Best bowling | – | |||
| Catches/stumpings | 5/– | |||
| Source: Cricinfo, 25 September 2011 | ||||
James Hamilton Purves (born 4 December 1947) is a former English cricketer. Purves was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire and educated at Uppingham School.
Purves made his first-class debut for Essex against Cambridge University in 1960. Following this match he played a first-class fixture for the Free Foresters against Oxford University.[1] The following season he made four further first-class appearances for Essex, the last of which came against Middlesex in the County Championship.[1] He struggled in his five first-class appearances for the county, scoring just 36 runs at an average of 5.14, with a high score of 14.[2] He made a further first-class appearance for the Free Foresters in 1961, followed this up in 1962 by making two more for the team. Also in 1962, Purves made his only first-class appearance for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Cambridge University. In 1964, he made his final first-class appearance for the Free Foresters against Oxford University.[1] He fared better with the bat for the Free Foresters, scoring 422 runs in his five matches at an average of 42.20, with a high score of 74.[2] This score, which was one of four fifties he made for the club, came against Cambridge University in 1962.[3]