James Billyeald (20 January 1835 – 8 July 1890) was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1871.
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| Full name | James Billyeald | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 January 1835 Hyson Green, Nottingham, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 July 1890 (aged 55) Hyson Green, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Round-arm medium | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1871 | Derbyshire | ||||||||||||||
| Only FC | 17 August 1871 Derbyshire v Lancashire | ||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 14 December 2010 | |||||||||||||||
Billyeald was born at Hyson Green near Nottingham, the son of Thomas Billyeald and his wife Annis Hallam. He became a commercial traveller for wares, groceries and seeds and was living at Wirksworth.[1] Between 1866 and 1870 he played cricket for various teams including Wirksworth Cricket Club, Nottingham Commercial Club and Gentlemen of Derbyshire. In 1871 he was living at Dale House, Wirksworth.[1]
Billyeald played for Derbyshire in the 1871 season in their second match against Lancashire in August. Following a promising 11 not-out innings from a tailend position in the first innings, Billyeald switched to the upper order in the second and made 4. Billyeald was a right-handed batsman and played two innings in one first-class match and a total of 15 runs. He was a round-arm medium-pace bowler.[2]
Billyeald died in Hyson Green at the age of 55.
Billyeald married Matilda Mounteney at Radford Nottinghamshire in 1859.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b Wirksworth Parish Records 1871 census
- ^ James Billyeald at Cricket Archive
- ^ Office for National Statistics - GRO Indices