James Nelson
Personal information
Full name
James Archibald Nelson
Born(1873-08-27)27 August 1873
Christchurch, New Zealand
Died1 June 1950(1950-06-01) (aged 76)
Christchurch, New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1914/15Otago
Only FC17 February 1915 Otago v Southland
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 18 May 2016

James Archibald Nelson (27 August 1873 – 1 June 1950) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played one first-class match for Otago in 1914/15.[1]

Nelson was born in Christchurch in 1873, the son of John and Margaret Nelson.[1][2] His only senior cricket match was a fixture between Otago and Southland in February 1915.[lower-alpha 1] He scored five runs in his only innings and did not bowl during the match.[5]

Professionally Nelson worked as a police officer.[6] In club cricket, he played for the West Christchurch club as a bowler between 1915/16 and 1917/18, playing at a time when many younger players had joined the war effort.[5][7]

Nelson died at Christchurch in 1950. He was aged 76.[1]

Notes

  1. Otago first played Southland in 1864 and by the time Nelson played there were two matches each season between the sides. The 1914/15 match was the first between the two representative sides to have been given first-class status―one of eight first-class matches played by Southland, six of which were against Otago between 1914/15 and 1919/20. Matches between the two sides continued to be played, with players from Southland form part of the Otago first-class team.[3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 James Nelson, CricInfo. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  2. Nelson, James Archibald, 1873–, National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  3. Southland, CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 November 2022. (subscription required)
  4. McCarron, p. 4.
  5. 1 2 James Nelson, CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 November 2022. (subscription required)
  6. McCarron, p. 98.
  7. Adams B (2004) From Hagley to Burnside, 100 Years of Cricket 1905 to 2005, p. 10. Christchurch: Burnside West Christchurch University Cricket Club.

Bibliography

  • McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2


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