Jim Cornford

{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Jim Cornford | image = Jim Cornford c1933.jpg | country = England | fullname = James Henry Cornford | birth_date = 9 December 1911 | birth_place = Crowborough, Sussex, England | death_date = 17 June 1985 (aged 73) | death_place = Harare, Zimbabwe | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm fast-medium | role = | club1 = Sussex County Cricket Club | year1 = {{nowrap|1931–1952}} | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 332 | runs1 = 1,357 | bat avg1 = 5.34 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 34 | deliveries1 = 63,380 | wickets1 = 1,019 | bowl avg1 = 26.49 | fivefor1 = 39 | tenfor1 = 6 | best bowling1 = 9/53 | catches/stumpings1 = 134/– | date = 24 April | year = 2023 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/11335.html CricInfo }} '''James Henry Cornford''' (9 December 1911 – 17 June 1985) was a first-class cricketer. He was born in Sussex in 1911 and played 322 first-class matches, largely for Sussex County Cricket Club, between 1931 and 1952. A right arm fast medium bowler, he took 1019 wickets at 26.49 with a best of 9 for 53. He was very much a tail end batsman, averaging 5.34 with a best of just 34. He died in Zimbabwe in 1985.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/11335.html Jim Cornford]. espncricinfo.com</ref>

thumb|left|Cornford bowling in 1938

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