John Elms

John Elms

John Emmanuel Elms was a first class cricketer who played one match for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1905.

A right handed batsman, he began his career with a duck but scored 20 in the second innings against Derbyshire CCC at the County Ground, Derby. He caught Levi Wright for 43 off his own slow medium bowling in Derbyshire's second innings at a total cost of 28 runs. Sadly this was the only wicket Yorkshire took and Derbyshire ran out easy winners by 9 wickets.

He also played for Yorkshire Second XI from 1899 to 1906, H. Hayley's XI in 1906 and Sheffield and District in 1911.

Born on Christmas Eve, 1874 in Pitsmoor, Sheffield he died on November 1, 1951 in Fir Vale in the same Yorkshire city.

References

* [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/12662.html Cricinfo Profile]
* [http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29275/29275.html Cricket Archive Statistics]


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