- James Rothery
James William Rothery was a first class cricketer who played 150 matches for
Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1903 and 1910. A right handed batsman, he scored 4,619 runs at 20.99 with a highest score of 161 Kent. He scored 3 centuries in all, the others coming against Hampshire and Derbyshire, 21 fifties and took 45 catches. He took 2 wickets for 44 runs. He played 1 game of first class cricket for J Bamford's XI and for Yorkshire Second XI (1900-1911), Yorkshire Cricket Council (1903) and Durham (1913) in other matches.He was born on September 5, 1876 in Staincliffe,
Yorkshire and died on June 2, 1919 in Beckett Park inLeeds , aged just 42.References
* [http://content-www.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/19832.html Cricinfo Profile]
* [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32499/32499.html Cricket Archive Statistics]
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