James Boucher (cricketer)
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| Full name | James Chrysostom Boucher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Chrysostom Boucher (22 December 1910 – 25 December 1995)[1] was an Irish cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and off-break bowler.[2]
Boucher was educated at Belvedere College in Dublin.[3] He made his debut for Ireland against a team known as "The Cataramans" in July 1929. He went on to play for them on 60 occasions, his last game coming against Scotland in July 1954. He then served as honorary secretary of the Irish Cricket Union until 1973.[4]
Of his matches for Ireland, 28 had first-class status, and in those games he took 168 wickets at an average of 14.04. His best bowling was 7/13 against New Zealand in September 1937. In all matches for Ireland he took 307 wickets, one of only three Irish bowlers to take more than 300 wickets.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Lysaght, Charles (October 2009). "Boucher, James Chrysostom ('Jimmy')". Dictionary of Irish Biography. doi:10.3318/dib.000793.v1.
- ^ "All time Ireland team (3)". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 25 March 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ Wisden 1974, p. 1075.
- ^ "Obituaries in 1995". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. 1996. Retrieved 18 June 2024 – via ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "Most Career Wickets". CricketEurope - Irish Cricket Statzone. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
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