Jim Slight
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| Full name | James Slight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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20 October 1855 Ashby, Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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9 December 1930 (aged 75) Elsternwick, Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James (Jim) Slight (20 October 1855 – 9 December 1930) was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test in 1880.
Slight was also a leading Australian rules footballer for South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) as well as a field umpire,[1] who, in 1879, umpired the first ever interstate Australian rules match.[2]
References
Sources
- Atkinson, G. (1982) Everything you ever wanted to know about Australian rules football but couldn't be bothered asking, The Five Mile Press: Melbourne. ISBN 0 86788 009 0.
- Cricinfo article on Jim Slight