James Egerton Lowndes Wright (10 May 1912 – 14 January 1987) was an English
cricket
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er. Wright was a right-handed
batsman
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. He was born at
London
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.
Educated at
Winchester College
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, he progressed from the college cadet force to enlist in the
London Regiment as a
2nd Lieutenant
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Australia
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. In 1935 he gained promotion to
Lieutenant
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The meaning of lieutenant differs in different militaries (see comparative military ranks), but it is often ...
in the same regiment. In 1937, Wright made a single
first-class appearance for the
Free Foresters
Free Foresters Cricket Club is an English amateur cricket club, established in 1856 for players from the Midland counties of England. It is a 'wandering' (or nomadic) club, having no home ground.
The Free Foresters were founded by the Rev. Will ...
against
Oxford University
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at the
University Parks
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.
In a match which Oxford University won by ten wickets, Wright batted twice, scoring 48 runs in the Free Foresters first-innings before being dismissed by
Bill Murray-Wood, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for a
duck
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by
David Macindoe
Major David Henry Macindoe (1 September 1917 – 3 March 1986) was an English cricketer. Macindoe was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. His bowling was characterised with a long run-up and a high arm action. The son ...
.
He died at
Ashford Hill
Ashford Hill is a village in Basingstoke and Deane, Hampshire, England.
Governance
The village of Ashford Hill is part of the civil parish of Ashford Hill with Headley, and is part of the Kingsclere ward of Basingstoke and Deane borough council. ...
,
Hampshire
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on 14 January 1987. His father
Egerton Wright
Egerton Lowndes Wright (15 November 1885 – 11 May 1918) was an English cricketer and soldier who played first-class cricket for Lancashire and Oxford University from 1905 to 1910.
He was born in Chorley, Lancashire, and educated at Wincheste ...
also played first-class cricket.
References
External links
James Wrightat
ESPNcricinfo
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1912 births
1987 deaths
Military personnel from London
Cricketers from Greater London
People educated at Winchester College
London Regiment officers
English cricketers
Free Foresters cricketers