James Crowdy (cricketer)

James Gordon Crowdy (2 July 1847 – 16 December 1918) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.

James Crowdy
Personal information
Full name
James Gordon Crowdy
Born2 July 1847
Highworth, Wiltshire, England
Died16 December 1918(1918-12-16) (aged 71)
Winchester, Hampshire, England
Height5 ft 8[1] in (1.73 m)
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1872Marylebone Cricket Club
1875–1884Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 7
Runs scored 112
Batting average 9.33
100s/50s –/–
Top score 21
Balls bowled 28
Wickets 1
Bowling average 31.00
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 1/31
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 January 2010

Life and first-class cricket

The son of George Frederick Crowdy, he was born in July 1847 at Highworth, Wiltshire. He was educated at Rugby School,[2] where he played for the school cricket team.[3] From Rugby, he matriculated to Wadham College, Oxford.[4] After graduating from Oxford, he was appointed a minor canon at Winchester Cathedral in 1872, a post he held until 1890.[2] In the same year as his appointment at Winchester, Crowdy made his debut in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Oxford University at Oxford. He later played county cricket for Hampshire on six occasions between 1875 and 1884.[5] In seven first-class matches, he scored 112 runs at an average of 9.33, with a highest score of 21.[6] Commenting in Scores and Biographies, Arthur Haygarth noted that Crowdy was "a good hitter and field generally at point or cover-point".[1]

Crowdy was later appointed rector of Sherfield on Loddon in 1890, alongside being an honorary canon and precentor at Winchester Cathedral.[2] He held the rectorship at Sherfield until 1912. He died at Winchester in December 1918,[7][3] with a memorial to him being erected on the wall inside Winchester Cathedral.

References
  1. Lillywhite, Frederick; Haygarth, Arthur (1877). Frederick Lillywhite's Cricket scores and Biographies. Vol. 9. London: Longman. p. 439.
  2. Mitchell, A. T. (1902). Rugby School Register 1842–1874. Vol. 2. A. J. Lawrence. p. 204.
  3. "Wisden - Other deaths in 1919". ESPNcricinfo. 2 December 2005. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  4. Foster, Joseph (1891). "Crowdy, James Gordon". Alumni Oxonienses. Parker and Company. p. 323.
  5. "First-Class Matches played by James Crowdy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  6. "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by James Crowdy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  7. The late Rev. J. Gordon Crowdy. Faringdon Advertiser and Vale of the White Horse Gazette. 4 January 1919. p. 2
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