James Grundy

James Grundy

James "Jem" Grundy (born 5 March 1824 in New Radford, Nottingham; died 24 November 1873 in Carrington, Nottingham) was a famous English cricketer during the game's roundarm era.

Grundy was one of the greatest bowlers of the 1850s and was frequently among the leading wicket-takers. He bowled right-arm fast roundarm and is known to have occasionally used fast underarm deliveries, but he is said to have varied his pace. He batted right-handed and was an occasional wicket-keeper.

Grundy's known first-class career spanned the 1850 to 1869 seasons. He took 1137 wickets in 298 matches @ 12.81 with a best analysis of 9/19. He had 84 5wI and 24 10wM. He scored 5898 runs @ 12.65 with a highest score of 95. He took 233 catches and made 2 stumpings.

At the end of the 1859 English cricket season, Grundy was one of the 12 players who took part in cricket's first-ever overseas tour when an England cricket team led by George Parr visited North America.

External sources

* [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29838/29838.html cricketarchive]

Further reading

* H S Altham, "A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914)", George Allen & Unwin, 1926
* Derek Birley, "A Social History of English Cricket", Aurum, 1999
* Rowland Bowen, "Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development", Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970
* Arthur Haygarth, "Scores & Biographies, Volumes 3-9 (1841-1866)", Lillywhite, 1862-1867
* John Major, "More Than A Game", HarperCollins, 2007 – includes the famous 1859 touring team photo taken on board ship at Liverpool


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