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2 unusual facts about James Southerton


Miran Bux

Known throughout his playing career as Miran Bux, he was aged 47 years, 284 days when he played his first Test (against India at Lahore), making him the second oldest Test debutant, behind James Southerton.

William Hillyer

During the 1840s he was statistically without peer - indeed until the days of James Southerton no bowler ever took so many wickets in a season as Hillyer's 174 from as few as twenty-one first-class matches in 1845; his nearest rival, Jemmy Dean took just 100.


James Fewings

Fewings' second and final first-class appearance came the following week, against Sussex - being bowled out by future Test cricketers James Southerton and Fred Grace for a duck in each innings.


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