# Jim Sims

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For the American football player, see [Jim Sims (American football)](/source/Jim_Sims_(American_football)).

**James Morton Sims** (13 May 1903 – 27 April 1973) was an English [cricketer](/source/Cricketer).

Jim Sims represented [Middlesex](/source/Middlesex_County_Cricket_Club) in 381 first-class matches between 1929 and 1952 as a [right-handed batsman](/source/Batsman) and [off-break bowler](/source/Bowler_(cricket)) who scored 7173 runs (highest score 121) and took 1,257 wickets (best bowling 9/92). He later coached and scored for the county.

He played in four [Tests](/source/Test_cricket) for [England](/source/England_national_cricket_team) from 1935 to 1937.

He succeeded [Jim Alldis](/source/Jim_Alldis_Sr) as the Middlesex scorer in 1969. He continued in this role until his sudden death from a [heart attack](/source/Myocardial_infarction) in 1973.

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