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| Full name | James Acton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1848-10-11)11 October 1848 Southampton, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 August 1924(1924-08-22) (aged 75) Reading, Berkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1880–1882 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 24 December 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
James Acton (11 October 1848 – 22 August 1924) was an English first-class cricketer.
Acton was born at Southampton in October 1848. In Southampton, he initially played club cricket for Southampton Cricket Club, prior to its dissolution in October 1874. He then proceeded to join the Mercantile Marine Cricket Club in 1875, prior to appearing in two first-class cricket matches for Hampshire, against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at Southampton in 1880 and Somerset at Taunton in 1882. In these, he scored a total of 41 runs from the lower-order, with a highest score of 31 against the MCC. Acton died at Reading in August 1924.
References
- "Southampton Cricket Club". Hampshire Advertiser. Southampton. 21 October 1874. p. 3. Retrieved 9 January 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Netley". Hampshire Advertiser. Southampton. 26 May 1875. p. 2. Retrieved 9 January 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "First-Class Matches played by James Acton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by James Acton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- "Hampshire v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1880". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 February 2012.