James Tabor (cricketer)

James Albert Clement Tabor JP (11 February 1840 – 14 February 1880) was an English first-class cricketer and barrister.

James Tabor
Personal information
Full name
James Albert Clement Tabor
Born11 February 1840
Prittlewell, Essex, England
Died14 February 1880(1880-02-14) (aged 40)
Great Baddow, Essex, England
BattingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1863Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 2
Batting average
100s/50s –/–
Top score 2*
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 9 October 2021

The son of James Tabor, he was born in February 1840 at Prittlewell, Essex. He was educated at Eton College, before matriculating at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1857.[1]

Tabor played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Cambridge University at Fenner's in 1863.[2] He batted once in the match, ending the MCC's first innings unbeaten on 2 runs.[3] A student of the Inner Temple, he was called to the bar in January 1865.[1] He was also a justice of the peace for Essex.[4] Tabor died unexpectedly on 14 February 1880 at Great Baddow, Essex.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Tabor, James Albert Clement (TBR856JA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ^ "First-Class Matches played by James Tabor". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Cambridge University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1863". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  4. ^ Burke, Bernard. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Vol. 2. Harrison. p. 1786.
  5. ^ Marriage and Mortality in Essex. Essex Herald. 17 February 1880. p. 4–5

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