{{Short description|English cricketer (1890–1948)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = James Handford | country = England | fullname = James Handford | birth_date = {{Birth date|1890|02|01|df=yes}} | birth_place = Hayfield, Derbyshire, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|1948|08|14|1890|02|01|df=yes}} | death_place = Stockport, Cheshire, England | batting = Right-handed | bowling = | role = Batsman | family =

| club1 = Derbyshire | year1 = 1910

| columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 9 | runs1 = 137 | bat avg1 = 9.78 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 23 | deliveries1 = 36 | wickets1 = 0 | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1 = 4/–

| date = 24 August | year = 2009 | source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/14504.html CricInfo }}

'''James Handford''' (1 February 1890 – 14 August 1948) was an English cricketer for Derbyshire. A right-handed batsman, he was born in Hayfield, Derbyshire. He placed nine first-class matches for his county during the 1910 County Championship,<ref name="fcmatches" /> scoring 137 runs at 9.78.<ref name="cricpro">{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/14504.html|title=Player Profile: James Handford|publisher=CricInfo|accessdate=2009-08-24}}</ref> Handford played all around the batting order,<ref name="fcmatches">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29932/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by James Handford|publisher=Cricket Archive|accessdate=2009-08-24}}</ref> making his career best 23 against Essex on 16 May 1910.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/8/8094.html|title=Essex v Derbyshire|date=18 May 1910|publisher=Cricket Archive|accessdate=2009-08-24}}</ref> He went on to play minor cricket for Heavy Woollen District against Yorkshire Second XI in 1911,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29932/all_teams.html|title=Teams played for by James Handford|publisher=Cricket Archive|accessdate=2009-08-24}}</ref> where he enjoyed his strongest performance, nine and 54 with the bat as well as six wickets &ndash; including a five wicket haul &ndash; with the ball.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/114/114688.html|title= Heavy Woollen District v Yorkshire Second XI|date=11 July 1911|publisher=Cricket Archive|accessdate=2009-08-24}}</ref> He died in Stockport, Cheshire.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Handford, James}} Category:1890 births Category:1948 deaths Category:Derbyshire cricketers Category:People from Hayfield, Derbyshire Category:Cricketers from Derbyshire