James Morton Sims (13 May 1903 – 27 April 1973) was an English
cricketer
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Jim Sims represented
Middlesex
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in 381 first-class matches between 1929 and 1952 as a
right-handed batsman and
off-break bowler who scored 7173 runs (highest score 121) and took 1,257 wickets (best bowling 9/92). He later coached and scored for the county.
He played in four
Tests
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for
England
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from 1935 to 1937.
He succeeded
Jim Alldis as the Middlesex scorer in 1969. He continued in this role until his sudden death from a
heart attack
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in 1973.
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1903 births
1973 deaths
Cricket scorers
England Test cricketers
English cricketers
Middlesex cricketers
People from Leyton
Cricketers from the London Borough of Waltham Forest
Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
Players cricketers
North v South cricketers
East of England cricketers
Cricketers who have taken ten wickets in an innings
English cricketers of 1919 to 1945
Sir T. E. W. Brinckman's XI cricketers
Marylebone Cricket Club Australian Touring Team cricketers