| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Simon Hodgson | |||
| Born | 30 April 1969 Guildford, Surrey, England |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm off break | |||
| Relations | Tim Hodgson (brother), Neville Knox (great-uncle) | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1994 | Cambridge University | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | First-class | |||
| Matches | 9 | |||
| Runs scored | 256 | |||
| Batting average | 18.28 | |||
| 100s/50s | –/1 | |||
| Top score | 54 | |||
| Balls bowled | 1,635 | |||
| Wickets | 15 | |||
| Bowling average | 48.80 | |||
| 5 wickets in innings | – | |||
| 10 wickets in match | – | |||
| Best bowling | 4/14 | |||
| Catches/stumpings | 8/– | |||
| Source: Cricinfo, 31 October 2010 | ||||
James Simon Hodgson (born 30 April 1969) is a former English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Guildford, Surrey, and later educated at Wellington College, Durham University and Cambridge University.
Hodgson made his first-class debut for Cambridge University against Nottinghamshire in 1994. During the 1994 season, he represented the University in 9 first-class matches, the last of which came against Oxford University.[1] In those 9 matches, he scored 256 runs at a batting average of 18.28, with a single half century high score of 54. In the field he took 8 catches.[2] With the ball he took 15 wickets at a bowling average of 48.80, with best figures of 4/14.[3]
His brother, Tim, played first-class cricket for Essex as well as List A cricket for the Surrey Cricket Board. His great-uncle, Neville Knox, played Test cricket for England as well as first-class cricket for Surrey and the Marylebone Cricket Club.