James Nelson
Personal information
Full name
James Archibald Nelson
Born(1873-08-27)27 August 1873
Christchurch, New Zealand
Died1 June 1950(1950-06-01) (aged 76)
Christchurch, New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1914/15Otago
Only FC17 February 1915 Otago v Southland
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 18 May 2016

James Archibald Nelson (27 August 1873 – 1 June 1950) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played one first-class match for Otago in 1914/15.[1]

Nelson was born in Christchurch in 1873, the son of John and Margaret Nelson.[1][2] His only senior cricket match was a fixture between Otago and Southland in February 1915.[lower-alpha 1] He scored five runs in his only innings and did not bowl during the match.[5]

Professionally Nelson worked as a police officer.[6] In club cricket, he played for the West Christchurch club as a bowler between 1915/16 and 1917/18, playing at a time when many younger players had joined the war effort.[5][7]

Nelson died at Christchurch in 1950. He was aged 76.[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ Otago first played Southland in 1864 and by the time Nelson played there were two matches each season between the sides. The 1914/15 match was the first between the two representative sides to have been given first-class status―one of eight first-class matches played by Southland, six of which were against Otago between 1914/15 and 1919/20. Matches between the two sides continued to be played, with players from Southland form part of the Otago first-class team.[3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 James Nelson, CricInfo. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  2. ↑ Nelson, James Archibald, 1873–, National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  3. ↑ Southland, CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 November 2022. (subscription required)
  4. ↑ McCarron, p. 4.
  5. 1 2 James Nelson, CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 November 2022. (subscription required)
  6. ↑ McCarron, p. 98.
  7. ↑ Adams B (2004) From Hagley to Burnside, 100 Years of Cricket 1905 to 2005, p. 10. Christchurch: Burnside West Christchurch University Cricket Club.

Bibliography

  • McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2


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