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James Naper

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James Naper
Personal information
Full name
James Lenox Naper
Born5 December 1825
Wellesbourne, Warwickshire, England
Died4 December 1901(1901-12-04) (aged 75)
Dublin, Ireland
BattingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1846Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 16
Batting average 8.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 14
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 16 October 2021

James Lenox Naper DL JP (5 December 1825 — 4 December 1901) was an Anglo-Irish first-class cricketer, Militia officer and farmer.

The son of the politician James Lenox William Naper, he was born in December 1825 at Wellesbourne, Warwickshire. He was educated at Eton College,[1] before going up to Christ Church, Oxford.[2] Naper played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Oxford University at Oxford in 1846.[3] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed in the MCC's first innings for 14 runs by William Davies, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 2 runs by Stephen Soames.[4] He was appointed High Sheriff of Meath in January 1853 and later served as Deputy Lieutenant for the county in 1870.[5][6] He was additionally a justice of the peace for Meath.[1] Naper served with the Royal Meath Militia, being commissioned as a major in December 1854.[7] Naper was a prominent figure in Irish agriculture, breeding prized Hereford cattle and Shropshire sheep. He died suddenly at Dublin in December 1901.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b The Eton College Register. Vol. 1. Eton: Spottiswoode. 1903. p. 5.
  2. ^ Foster, Joseph (1891). "Naper, James Lenox". Alumni Oxonienses. Parker and Company. p. 1005.
  3. ^ "First-Class Matches played by James Naper". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  4. ^ "First-Class Matches played by James Naper". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  5. ^ "No. 6252". The Edinburgh Gazette. 1 February 1853. p. 87.
  6. ^ "No. 8051". The Edinburgh Gazette. 19 April 1870. p. 465.
  7. ^ "No. 6556". The Edinburgh Gazette. 25 December 1855. p. 1582.
  8. ^ Agricultural Jottings. Worcestershire Chronicle. 28 December 1901. p. 8
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