James Rice (cricketer)

James Rice (dates unknown) was an English amateur cricketer during the Napoleonic Wars.

Career

Rice made 3 known appearances in first-class matches from 1811 to 1813.^[1] He is not known to have been attached to any particular club although, as an amateur who played all his first-class games at Lord's Middle Ground, it is possible he was a member of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), which was based at that venue.

The matches in which Rice appeared were the only first-class fixtures of the three seasons in question. Cricket at this time had been badly impacted by a loss of both investment and manpower caused by the Napoleonic Wars. The matches were also the only first-class matches recorded on Lord's Middle Ground so Rice played his entire first-class career at that ground.^[2]

References

^ Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826), Lillywhite, 1862
^ CricketArchive – matches played on Lord's Middle Ground. Retrieved on 25 December 2010.

External sources

CricketArchive record

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[S&B-1] Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826), Lillywhite, 1862

[2] CricketArchive – matches played on Lord's Middle Ground. Retrieved on 25 December 2010.

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