deliveries death_date columns catches/stumpings family year birth_date bowling tenfor country death_place club fivefor batting fullname birth_place column source date runs wickets s/s matches article_title
balls 205 8 march 1948 1 2 / & ndash ; john -rrb- king -lrb- son -rrb- john king -lrb- brother 1899 1896 2013 & ndash ; 1905 1895 & ndash ; 3 may 1869 unknown & ndash ; england wisbech , cambridgeshire , england leicestershire staffordshire & ndash ; right-handed james king lutterworth , leicestershire , england first-class http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/16037.html cricinfo 3 may 1869 83 2 & ndash ; / & ndash ; 7 james king -lrb- cricketer , born 1869 -rrb-

james king -lrb- cricketer , born 1869 -rrb-

james king -lrb- 3 may 1869 -- 8 march 1948 -rrb- was an english cricketer .
king was a right-handed batsman whose bowling style is unknown .
he was born at lutterworth , leicestershire .
king made his debut for staffordshire in the counties first minor counties championship match against cheshire in 1895 , a match in which he became the first staffordshire batsman to make a half century in minor counties cricket .
he made seven further minor counties championship appearances for staffordshire , the last of which came against northumberland in 1896 .
three years later he made his first-class debut for leicestershire against yorkshire at grace road in the 1899 county championship .
he made six further first-class appearances for the county , the last of which came against surrey at the oval in the 1905 county championship .
in his seven matches , he scored a total of 83 runs at an average of 10.37 , with a high score of 24 not out .
with the ball , he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 73.00 .
he died at wisbech , cambridgeshire on 8 march 1948 .
his son john king played first-class cricket , while his brother , also called john king , played test cricket for england .
