James Seymour (cricketer)
- James Seymour (cricketer)
Infobox cricketer biography
playername = James Seymour
country = England
fullname = James Seymour
nickname =
living =
dayofbirth = 25
monthofbirth = 10
yearofbirth = 1879
placeofbirth = West Hoathly, Sussex
countryofbirth = England
dayofdeath = 30
monthofdeath = 9
yearofdeath = 1930
placeofdeath = Marden, Kent
countryofdeath = England
batting = Right-handed batsman
bowling = Right-arm off-break
role = Middle order batsman, often No 3
club1 = London County
year1 = 1900-01
club2 = Kent
year2 = 1902-26
type1 = First-class
debutdate1 = 14 June
debutyear1 = 1900
debutfor1 = London County
debutagainst1 = Derbyshire
lastdate1 = 10 September
lastyear1 = 1926
lastfor1 = Kent
lastagainst1 = MCC
deliveries = balls
columns = 1
column1 = First-class
matches1 = 553
runs1 = 27237
bat avg1 = 32.08
100s/50s1 = 53/131
top score1 = 218*
deliveries1 = 1261
wickets1 = 17
bowl avg1 = 47.35
fivefor1 = -
tenfor1 = -
best bowling1 = 4-62
catches/stumpings1 = 675/-
date = 14 Sept
year = 2008
source = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32676/32676.html CricketArchive
James Seymour (October 25, 1879 - September 30, 1930) was a Kent cricketer from 1902 until 1926, having previously played for W. G. Grace's London County Cricket Club in first-class matches in 1900 and 1901. He was born in Sussex.
A right-handed batsman, he was part of the Kent side which won the County Championship in 1906, contributing 1,096 runs. He passed 2000 runs in a season in 1913 with an aggregate of 2,088 runs. Against Worcestershire in 1904 he became the first ever player to score a century in both innings of a match for Kent. His innings of 204 against Hampshire at Tonbridge in 1907 was at the time a record for Kent, a record which he went on to twice exceed.
He finished his career with 26818 runs for Kent which puts him 4th on their all time run getters list. He is also one of only six players to have scored more than 50 centuries with Kent as of 2008. He made 1,000 runs in a season 16 times.
His benefit match was Kent v Hampshire at Canterbury in 1920. The game had important consequences for all county cricketers as the Inland Revenue used it as a test case in an attempt to define benefits as taxable income. The case went all the way to the House of Lords and was ruled in Seymour's favour and since then all professionals' benefits and testimonials have remained tax free.
External links
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