{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}} {{about||the Canadian politician|James J. Hussey}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = James Hussey | image = File:JM Hussey of Auckland.png | caption = James Hussey in 1907 | fullname = James Michael Hussey | birth_date = {{birth date|1880|5|27|df=yes}} | birth_place = Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand | death_date = {{death date and age|1950|8|24|1880|5|27|df=yes}} | death_place = Wanganui, New Zealand | batting = | bowling = | role = All-rounder | club1 = Hawke's Bay | year1 = 1901/02 | club2 = Otago | year2 = 1902/03 | club3 = Auckland | year3 = {{nowrap|1904/05–1907/08}} | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 12 | runs1 = 275 | bat avg1 = 15.27 | 100s/50s1 = 0/1 | top score1 = 74* | deliveries1 = 1,130 | wickets1 = 24 | bowl avg1 = 21.83 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 4/27 | catches/stumpings1= 5/– | date = 6 March | year = 2018 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37461.html CricInfo }}
'''James Michael Hussey''' (27 May 1880 – 24 August 1950) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Auckland, Hawke's Bay and Otago between the 1901–02 season and 1907–08.<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37461.html |title=James Hussey |accessdate=14 May 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
In Auckland's victory over Hawke's Bay in 1905–06 Hussey top-scored in each innings, making 74 not out and 40 not out.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/6/6931.html| title = Hawke's Bay v Auckland 1905–06| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate =6 March 2018}}</ref> He played for Rangitikei and Wanganui in the Hawke Cup from 1911 to 1924, taking 7 for 24 in the second innings when Wanganui defeated South Auckland to take the trophy for the first time in December 1913.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/22/22186/Hawke_Cup_Matches.html| title = Hawke Cup matches played by James Hussey| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate =6 March 2018}}</ref>
Hussey worked for the Customs service until 1908 when he went to Wellington to enter the legal profession.<ref>{{cite news | work=Otago Witness | date=19 February 1908 | page=60 | title= Notes by Long Slip| url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/otago-witness/1908/2/19/60|accessdate=6 March 2018}}</ref> He was admitted as a solicitor on 13 March 1908.<ref>{{cite news | work=Dominion| date=14 March 1908 | page=4 | title= Personal items| url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19080314.2.15|accessdate=6 March 2018}}</ref> He practised in Hunterville in the Rangitikei region before moving to Wanganui in 1912.<ref name=GHer>{{cite journal |title=Mr. E. P. Mountford |journal=Gisborne Herald |date=1 September 1950 |page=6 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19500901.2.82}}</ref>
He died at home in Wanganui in August 1950, survived by his wife and their two sons and a daughter.<ref name=GHer/><ref>{{cite journal |title=Bench and bar pay tribute to late Mr. James M. Hussey |journal=Wanganui Chronicle |date=30 August 1950 |page=4 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19500830.2.33}}</ref>
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