James Acton
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| Full name | James Acton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 October 1848 Southampton, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 August 1924 (aged 75) Reading, Berkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1880–1882 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 24 December 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
James Acton (11 October 1848 – 22 August 1924) was an English first-class cricketer.
Acton was born at Southampton in October 1848. In Southampton, he initially played club cricket for Southampton Cricket Club, prior to its dissolution in October 1874.[1] He then proceeded to join the Mercantile Marine Cricket Club in 1875,[2] prior to appearing in two first-class cricket matches for Hampshire, against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at Southampton in 1880 and Somerset at Taunton in 1882.[3] In these, he scored a total of 41 runs from the lower-order,[4] with a highest score of 31 against the MCC.[5] Acton died at Reading in August 1924.
References[edit]
- ^ "Southampton Cricket Club". Hampshire Advertiser. Southampton. 21 October 1874. p. 3. Retrieved 9 January 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Netley". Hampshire Advertiser. Southampton. 26 May 1875. p. 2. Retrieved 9 January 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by James Acton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by James Acton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ "Hampshire v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1880". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 February 2012.