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Full name | James Egerton Lowndes Wright | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 10 May 1912 London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 14 January 1987 Ashford Hill, Hampshire, England | (aged 74)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Egerton Wright (father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cricinfo, 6 April 2012 |
James Egerton Lowndes Wright (10 May 1912 – 14 January 1987) was an English cricketer. Wright was a right-handed batsman. He was born at London.
Educated at Winchester College, he progressed from the college cadet force to enlist in the London Regiment as a 2nd Lieutenant. [1] In 1935 he gained promotion to Lieutenant in the same regiment. [2] In 1937, Wright made a single first-class appearance for the Free Foresters against Oxford University at the University Parks. [3] 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 by David Macindoe. [4]
He died at Ashford Hill, Hampshire on 14 January 1987. His father Egerton Wright also played first-class cricket.