Percy James

{{Short description|Welsh-born English footballer}}

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|fullname = Percy George Burge James

|birth_date = 9 March 1917

|birth_place = Rhondda, Glamorgan, Wales

|death_date = {{Death date and age|1993|06||1917|03|09|df=y}}

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|position = Left winger

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|clubs1 = Oxford City

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|years2 = 1949

|clubs2 = Luton Town

|caps2 = 2

|goals2 = 1

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|clubs3 = Worcester City

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Percy George Burge James (9 March 1917 – June 1993) was an English amateur footballer and minor counties cricketer.

James was born in the Rhondda. He began his career with Oxford City before the Second World War.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/108/108207/108207.html |title=Player profile: Percy James |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-06-25}} He had a brief professional football career, making two appearances and scoring one goal in the Football League for Luton Town in 1949.{{Hugman|10055|accessdate=2019-06-25}} He later joined Worcester City as a player-manager. He played amateur international football for Wales.

James also played cricket at minor counties level for Oxfordshire as a leg break bowler between 1938 and 1951, making 27 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/108/108207/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Percy James |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-06-25}} He died in June 1993.