Jimmy Bridges
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Full name | James John Bridges | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Timsbury, Somerset, England | 28 June 1887||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 26 September 1966 London, England | (aged 79)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1911–1929 | Somerset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FC debut | 11 May 1911 Somerset v Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last FC | 27 July 1929 Somerset v Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 18 October 2009 |
James John Bridges (28 June 1887 – 26 September 1966) was an English cricketer who played for Somerset from 1911 to 1929. Bridges was a right-arm fast-medium bowler who batted right-handed.
He played in 216 first-class matches and took 686 wickets at an average of 25.67 with best figures of 7/41. He achieved 5 wickets in an innings on 45 occasions and 10 wickets in a match four times. He was a tail-end batsman who played 348 innings, with 108 not outs, scoring 2,418 runs with a highest score of 99 not out. He made two fifties and took 128 catches.[1]
Bridges was the bowler when Jack Hobbs scored the run that took him to his 126th career century and so equalled the then world record of W G Grace.
References
[edit]- ^ Jimmy Bridges, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2023-08-17. (subscription required)