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Full name | James Christie Traill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 1826 Walworth, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 6 February 1899 (aged 72–73) Fulham, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | George Traill (brother) William Traill (brother) William Hartopp (brother-in-law) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1848 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 7 April 2020 |
James Christie Traill JP DL (1826 – 6 February 1899) was an English first-class cricketer and barrister.
The son of James Traill senior (1794–1873), a Metropolitan police magistrate, and his wife Caroline Whateley, he was born in 1826 at Walworth, Surrey. George Balfour Traill was his younger brother.[1][2] He matriculated at St John's College, Oxford in 1845, graduating B.A. 1849, M.A. 1852,.[3]
A student of the Inner Temple, Traill was called to the bar in January 1853.[4] In 1873 he inherited from his father the family estate in Orkney, Ratter and Hobbister.[2] He was appointed to be a deputy lieutenant of Caithness in April 1875,[5] in addition to serving as a justice of the peace for the county.[3] Traill died at Fulham in February 1899.
While studying at Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Oxford in 1848.[6] The following year he made two further first-class appearances for the Gentlemen of Kent against the Gentlemen of England at Lord's and Canterbury in 1849.[6] Traill scored 19 runs in his three first-class matches, in addition to taking 4 wickets.[7]
His brothers, George and William, also played first-class cricket, as did his brother-in-law William Hartopp.
Traill married in 1857 Julia Lambarde, second daughter of William Lambarde of Sevenoaks.[10] Two of their sons, James William (1858–1917) and John Murray (1865–1914), were killed in World War I.[11]