James Crowdy (cricketer)

James Gordon Crowdy (2 July 1847 – 16 December 1918) was an English cricketer. Crowdy was a right-handed batsman.

James Crowdy

Personal information
Full name	James Gordon Crowdy
Born	(1847-07-02)2 July 1847 Highworth, Wiltshire, England
Died	16 December 1918(1918-12-16) (aged 71) Winchester, Hampshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1875, 1877, 1882 & 1884	Hampshire
1872	Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition FC Matches 7 Runs scored 112 Batting average 9.33 100s/50s –/– Top score 21 Balls bowled 28 Wickets 1 Bowling average 31.00 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 1/31 Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 January 2010

Crowdy made his first-class debut for the Marylebone Cricket Club in the 1872 season. Crowdy played a single match for the club against Oxford University.

In 1875 Crowdy made his first-class debut for Hampshire against Sussex. Crowdy played three matches for the county in the 1875 season. In a County match against Kent, Crowdy took his only first-class wicket, that of Frank Penn.

Crowdy's next first-class appearance for Hampshire came in 1877, where he played a single first-class match against Kent. It would be five more years before Crowdy represented the county again, in the 1882 season against the Marylebone Cricket Club.

Crowdy's final first-class appearance came in the 1884 season against Surrey.

He was also an ordained priest in the Church of England. He was appointed Minor Canon of Winchester Cathedral in 1872, Precentor of Winchester Cathedral 1879-1890, Rector of Sherfield on Loddon 1890-1912, Rural Dean of Silchester 1904-1912. His memorial is on the wall in Winchester Cathedral.

Crowdy died at Winchester, Hampshire on 16 December 1918.