James Lillywhite
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| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | James Lillywhite, junior | |||
| Born | 23 February 1842 Westhampnett, Sussex, England |
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| Died | 25 October 1929 (aged 87) Westerton, Chichester, Sussex, England |
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| Batting style | Left-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Left arm slow-medium | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | England | |||
| Test debut (cap 7) | 15 March 1877 v Australia | |||
| Last Test | 4 April 1877 v Australia | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1862 – 1883 | Sussex | |||
| Umpiring information | ||||
| Tests umpired | 6 (1881–1899) | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Tests | First-class | ||
| Matches | 2 | 256 | ||
| Runs scored | 16 | 5523 | ||
| Batting average | 8.00 | 14.30 | ||
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 2/12 | ||
| Top score | 10 | 126 not out | ||
| Balls bowled | 340 | 57,257 | ||
| Wickets | 8 | 1,210 | ||
| Bowling average | 15.75 | 15.23 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 96 | ||
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 22 | ||
| Best bowling | 4/70 | 10/129 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 1/– | 109/– | ||
| Source: CricketArchive, 21 September 2008 | ||||
James Lillywhite (23 February 1842 in Westhampnett – 25 October 1929 in Chichester) was the first ever captain of the English cricket team, captaining 2 Test matches against Australia in 1876/7, losing the first, but winning the second.
Later he stood in 6 Tests as an umpire. He umpired all four Test matches between Australia and England in 1881-82 season (being partnered by John Swift in three matches and George Coulthard in the other). He was one of the organisers of Arthur Shrewsbury’s team to Australia in 1884-85 but, in spite of his experience, the Australian captain Billy Murdoch refused to allow him to umpire the first ever Test match at Adelaide. However, along with Ted Elliott he umpired in the second Test of that series, when the entire Australian team refused to play unless they received fifty per cent of gate takings. Nine new faces appeared for Australia, and were soundly beaten. Lillywhite’s other match as umpire was the drawn 4th Test between England and Australia at Old Trafford in 1899.
[edit] See also
- History of Test cricket (to 1883)
- History of Test cricket (1884 to 1889)
- History of Test cricket (1890 to 1900)
- Australian Test Cricket Umpires
- List of Test umpires
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| Preceded by None |
English national cricket captain 1876/7 |
Succeeded by Lord Harris |
