Jim Slight

Jim Slight

Portrait from 1893.
Personal information
Full name	James Slight
Born	(1855-10-20)20 October 1855 Ashby, Victoria
Died	9 December 1930(1930-12-09) (aged 75) Elsternwick, Victoria
Batting	Right-handed
Relations	William Slight (brother)
International information
National side	Australia
Only Test (cap 24)	6 September 1880 v England
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class Matches 1 19 Runs scored 11 415 Batting average 5.50 12.57 100s/50s 0/0 0/1 Top score 11 53 Balls bowled – 57 Wickets – 3 Bowling average – 12.33 5 wickets in innings – 0 10 wickets in match – 0 Best bowling – 2/4 Catches/stumpings 0/– 4/–
Source: CricInfo, 12 October 2022

James Slight (20 October 1855 – 9 December 1930) was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test match in 1880.

Slight played first-class cricket as a batsman for Victoria from 1874 to 1888, but was never able to replicate at state level his heavy scoring for South Melbourne, where his score of 279 in 1882–83 is still the club record. He toured England in 1880 with the Australian team and played in the first Test to be held in England, but his tour was marred by illness.

Slight was also a leading Australian rules footballer for South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) as well as a field umpire, who, in 1879, umpired the first ever interstate Australian rules match.

Sources

• Atkinson, G. (1982) Everything you ever wanted to know about Australian rules football but couldn't be bothered asking, The Five Mile Press: Melbourne. ISBN 0 86788 009 0.

External links

• Jim Slight at ESPNcricinfo