James Henry Cornford (9 December 1911 – 17 June 1985) was a first-class cricketer. He was born in Sussex in 1911 and played 322 first-class matches, largely for Sussex County Cricket Club, between 1931 and 1952. A right arm fast medium bowler, he took 1019 wickets at 26.49 with a best of 9 for 53. He was very much a tail end batsman, averaging 5.34 with a best of just 34. He died in Zimbabwe in 1985.[1]
cornford, james, henry, cornford, december, 1911, june, 1985, first, class, cricketer, born, sussex, 1911, played, first, class, matches, largely, sussex, county, cricket, club, between, 1931, 1952, right, fast, medium, bowler, took, 1019, wickets, with, best,. James Henry Cornford 9 December 1911 17 June 1985 was a first class cricketer He was born in Sussex in 1911 and played 322 first class matches largely for Sussex County Cricket Club between 1931 and 1952 A right arm fast medium bowler he took 1019 wickets at 26 49 with a best of 9 for 53 He was very much a tail end batsman averaging 5 34 with a best of just 34 He died in Zimbabwe in 1985 1 Jim CornfordPersonal informationFull nameJames Henry CornfordBorn9 December 1911Crowborough Sussex EnglandDied17 June 1985 aged 73 Harare ZimbabweBattingRight handedBowlingRight arm fast mediumDomestic team informationYearsTeam1931 1952Sussex County Cricket ClubCareer statisticsCompetition First classMatches 332Runs scored 1 357Batting average 5 34100s 50s 0 0Top score 34Balls bowled 63 380Wickets 1 019Bowling average 26 495 wickets in innings 3910 wickets in match 6Best bowling 9 53Catches stumpings 134 Source CricInfo 24 April 2023 Cornford bowling in 1938References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jim Cornford Jim Cornford espncricinfo com nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to an English cricket person born in the 1910s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jim Cornford amp oldid 1156848366, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
