Jim Eaglestone
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Full Name
James Thomas Eaglestone
Born
July 24, 1923, Paddington, London
Died
October 14, 2000, Pinner, Middlesex, (aged 77y 82d)
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Wisden Obituary
Eaglestone, James Thomas, who died in Pinner, Middlesex, on October 14, 2000,
aged 77, played only three seasons of first-class cricket, never hit a hundred, yet in
successive summers was in Championship-winning sides - with different counties. A
left-hander, Jim Eaglestone signed for Middlesex in 1947 and went straight into the
side after he scored 77 (his career-best) and put on 128 with Denis Compton for MCC
against Surrey in early May. He began his county career with a duck, as Middlesex
opened with defeat by Somerset, but a week later he hit 55 in a century stand with
Bill Edrich, who went on to 225. There was another half-century, 61 against Oxford,
but Middlesex had no shortage of free-scoring batsmen. Although his speed in the field
was an asset, he played only seven games for 151 runs in the title race. Glamorgan,
conscious that Arnold Dyson would be coaching Oundle School for much of 1948,
encouraged the 24-year-old Eaglestone to head west, along with his fast-bowling team-
mate Norman Hever. Eaglestone contributed 595 runs at 18.59 to Glamorgan's
Championship campaign, and his captain, Wilf Wooller, considered the runs he saved
in the field as valuable as those he scored. His 65 against Hampshire put Glamorgan
in a strong position when rain softened the pitch later in the day, and against Sussex
at Swansea he knocked up 72 in 50 minutes. In 1949, however, he managed only 341
runs at 11.36 and decided to give up first-class cricket and return to London. In 60
games he had scored 1,420 runs at 15.77 and held 23 catches. For years afterwards
he ran a newsagent's in Paddington.
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2003
Jim Eaglestone Career Stats
Batting & Fielding
Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100s | 50s | Ct | St |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FC | 60 | 97 | 7 | 1420 | 77 | 15.77 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 0 |
Bowling
Format | Mat | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10w |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FC | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Recent Matches of Jim Eaglestone
Match | Bat | Date | Ground | Format |
---|---|---|---|---|
Glamorgan vs Australians | 3 | 31-Jul-1948 | Swansea | FC |