James Crowdy

James Gordon Crowdy (2 July 1847 – 16 December 1918) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.

Life and first-class cricket The son of George Frederick Crowdy, he was born in July 1847 at Highworth, Wiltshire. He was educated at Rugby School, where he played for the school cricket team. From Rugby, he matriculated to Wadham College, Oxford. After graduating from Oxford, he was appointed a minor canon at Winchester Cathedral in 1872, a post he held until 1890. In seven first-class matches, he scored 112 runs at an average of 9.33, with a highest score of 21. Commenting in Scores and Biographies, Arthur Haygarth noted that Crowdy was "a good hitter and field generally at point or cover-point". with a memorial to him being erected on the wall inside Winchester Cathedral.