James Bird (cricketer)
James Waller Bird (born 19 November 1808 at Little Waltham, Chelmsford, Essex; died 20 February 1876 at Paddington, London) was an English cricketer with amateur status. He was educated at Winchester College and Wadham College, Oxford, and played first-class cricket for Oxford University 1827–29.[1] He became a Church of England priest and was rector of Foulsham, Norfolk, from 1855 until his death.[2]
References
- ^ James Bird at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888). Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886. Vol. 1. Oxford: Parker and Co. p. 112.
Bibliography
- Haygarth, Arthur (1862). Scores & Biographies, Volume 2 (1827–1840). Lillywhite.
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