deliveries columns catches/stumpings year birth_date tenfor country club fivefor batting fullname birth_place column source date runs wickets s/s matches article_title
balls 24 1 77 / & ndash ; 1947 & ndash ; 1956 2012 21 may 1923 & ndash ; england glamorgan & ndash ; right-handed james edward pleass cardiff , glamorgan , wales first-class http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/18550.html cricinfo 1923 5 21 yes 4,293 & ndash ; 1/11 171 jim pleass

jim pleass

james edward ` jim ' pleass -lrb- born 21 may 1923 -rrb- is a former welsh cricketer .
pleass was a right-handed batsman .
he was born at cardiff , glamorgan .
pleass made his first-class debut for glamorgan in the 1947 county championship against derbyshire .
he played first-class cricket for glamorgan for nearly a decade , making 171 first-class appearances , with his final appearance coming against warwickshire in the 1956 county championship .
an aggressive middle-order batsman , pleass scored a total of 4,293 runs at an average of 19.33 .
he made eleven half centuries , while his sole century , a score of 102 not out , came against yorkshire in 1955 , securing glamorgan their first victory against yorkshire in yorkshire .
his most successful season came in 1950 , when he made 28 first-class appearances , scoring in the process 740 runs at an average of 24.66 .
a good cover fielder , pleass took 77 catches in the field .
following his retirement from first-class cricket in 1956 , pleass went into business in cardiff .
he also served on the glamorgan committee , as well as having served as the secretary of the glamorgan former players association .
