Jimmy Stone
Personal information
Full name
James Stone
Born(1876-11-29)29 November 1876
Southampton, Hampshire, England
Died15 November 1942(1942-11-15) (aged 65)
Maidenhead, Berkshire, England
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicketkeeper-batsman
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 306
Runs scored 10,341
Batting average 22.43
100s/50s 6/48
Top score 174
Balls bowled 72
Wickets 1
Bowling average 104.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/77
Catches/stumpings 392/132
Source: Cricinfo

James Stone (29 November 1876 – 15 November 1942) was an English first-class cricketer and umpire. A wicket-keeper, he played for Hampshire and Glamorgan between 1900 and 1923.[1]

Stone was the first-choice keeper for Hampshire from 1900 until 1914 before World War I intervened. He scored more than 1,000 runs in each of the 1911, 1912 and 1913 seasons, and sometimes played solely as a batsman. He had a highly successful benefit match at the County Ground, Southampton, in 1912.[2] Following the war he moved to Wales and in 1923, his final year of first-class cricket, Stone scored the first ever century by a Glamorgan batsman against a touring team. His innings of 108 was made against the West Indians when he was 46 years of age.[3]

After retiring as a player, Stone became a first-class cricket umpire. He umpired 238 first-class matches between 1925 and 1934.[4] He died in November 1942 in Berkshire, aged 65.

References

  1. ↑ "Jimmy Stone". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "J. Stone", The Cricketer, Spring Annual 1943, p. 80.
  3. ↑ "Jimmy Stone". Museum of Welsh Cricket. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "Jimmy Stone as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
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