James King (cricketer, born 1855)

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = James King

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = James King

| nickname =

| birth_place = Southampton, Hampshire

| birth_date = 1855

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Left-arm fast

| family =

| club1 = Kent

| year1 = 1881

| club2 = Hampshire

| year2 = 1882

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 3

| runs1 = 39

| bat avg1 = 9.75

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 16*

| deliveries1 = 404

| wickets1 = 10

| bowl avg1 = 22.30

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 4/64

| catches/stumpings1 = 3/–

| date = 26 January

| year = 2010

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/15890.html Cricinfo

}}

James King (born 1855 – date of death unknown), also possibly known as John King,Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), p. 310. ([https://archive.acscricket.com/books/Kent_Cricketers_A_to_Z_Part_One_Revised_Expanded.pdf Available online] at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.) was an English professional cricketer who played in three first-class cricket matches between 1881 and 1882.

King was born at Southampton in Hampshire in 1855.[http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/15890.html James King], Cricinfo. Retrieved 2018-02-27. He played twice in first-class matches for Kent County Cricket Club in 1881 against MCC and Derbyshire before playing once the following year for Hampshire against Somerset.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6704/6704.html James King], CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-02-27. {{subscription required}}

There is some doubt that the same man played for both Kent and Hampshire, and very little is known about King's life.Ambrose D (2003) [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Articles/0/903.html A brief profile of James King], CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-02-27. {{subscription required}} It is possible that he was a carpenter and lived at Tonbridge in Kent with his wife, who was born in the town, at the 1881 Census. His date of death is unknown.