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Full name | James Hamilton Purves | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England | 4 December 1937||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1962 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1960–1961 | Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,25 September 2011 |
James Hamilton Purves (born 4 December 1937) is a former English cricketer. Purves was a left -handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Hemel Hempstead,Hertfordshire and educated at Uppingham School.
Purves made his first-class debut for Essex against Cambridge University in 1960. Following this match he played a first-class fixture for the Free Foresters against Oxford University. [1] The following season he made four further first-class appearances for Essex,the last of which came against Middlesex in the County Championship. [1] He struggled in his five first-class appearances for the county,scoring just 36 runs at an average of 5.14,with a high score of 14. [2] He made a further first-class appearance for the Free Foresters in 1961,followed this up in 1962 by making two more for the team. Also in 1962,Purves made his only first-class appearance for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Cambridge University. In 1964,he made his final first-class appearance for the Free Foresters against Oxford University. [1] He fared better with the bat for the Free Foresters,scoring 422 runs in his five matches at an average of 42.20,with a high score of 74. [2] This score,which was one of four fifties he made for the club,came against Cambridge University in 1962. [3]
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