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Full name | James Storrie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 7 February 1885 Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 23 July 1951 Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland | (aged 66)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Walter Storrie (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1911 | Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 24 October 2022 |
James Storrie (7 February 1885 — 23 July 1951) was a Scottish first-class cricketer.
Storrie was born at Hawick in February 1885. A club cricketer for Hawick and Wilton, he was appointed captain in 1915 and continued to captain the team into the late 1930s, at which point he was over-50 years of age. [1] [2] Storrie had represented Scotland in two first-class cricket matches in 1911, against Ireland at Glasgow and the touring Indians at Galashiels. [3] He scored 53 runs in his two matches, with a highest score of 26, [4] and took a single wicket. [5] Considered one of the most outstanding personalities in the history of cricket in Hawick, [6] Storrie passed away in his home town on 23 July 1951 following a long illness. [7] His brother, Walter, was also a first-class cricketer.