James Melville (cricketer, born 1936)

James Melville
Personal information
Full name James Edward Melville
Born (1936-03-03)3 March 1936
Streatham, London, England
Died 2 June 2016(2016-06-02) (aged 80)
Hereford, Herefordshire, England
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1962–1963 Kent
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 6
Runs scored 20
Batting average 5.00
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 6
Balls bowled 965
Wickets 14
Bowling average 30.14
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 4/78
Catches/stumpings 4/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 February 2012

James Edward Melville (3 March 1936 – 2 June 2016) was an English cricketer. Melville was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium.[1] He was born at Streatham, London and died at Hereford.

Melville made his first-class cricket debut for Kent County Cricket Club against Sussex in the 1962 County Championship. He made five further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Somerset in the 1963 County Championship.[2] In his six first-class appearances, he took 14 wickets at an average of 30.14, with best figures of 4/78.[3] With the bat, he scored a total of 20 runs at an average of 5.00, with a high score of 6.[4] His club was Blackheath CC, a member of the MCC and played for the Club against Ireland at Lords June 1965. On 13 July 1961 he played for the Club Cricket Conference against the touring 1961 Australian team. This one day match was the only match the Australian's lost on this tour other that a Test match. James Melville was mainly responsible by taking 6 wickets for 46 runs in 11 overs.

References

  1. ↑ "James Melville". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "First-Class Matches played by James Melville". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  3. ↑ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by James Melville". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  4. ↑ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team James Melville". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
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