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Full name | James Acton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Southampton, Hampshire, England | 11 October 1848||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 22 August 1924 Reading, Berkshire, England | (aged 75)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1880–1882 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 24 December 2009 |
James Acton (11 October 1848 – 22 August 1924) was an English first-class cricketer.
Acton was born at Southampton in October 1848. In Southampton, he initially played club cricket for Southampton Cricket Club, prior to its dissolution in October 1874.[1] He then proceeded to join the Mercantile Marine Cricket Club in 1875,[2] prior to appearing in two first-class cricket matches for Hampshire, against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at Southampton in 1880 and Somerset at Taunton in 1882.[3] In these, he scored a total of 41 runs from the lower-order,[4] with a highest score of 31 against the MCC.[5] Acton died at Reading in August 1924.