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Full James Douglas name: Born: 8th January 1870, Norwood Green, Middlesex, England Died: 8th February 1958, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England Batting: Right-hand batsman Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox Relations: Brother-in-law: RH Juckes; Brother: AP Douglas; Brother: RN Douglas; Brother: S Douglas Teams: Cambridge University (Main FC: 1892-1894); Middlesex (Main FC: 1893-1913); Marylebone Cricket Club (Main FC: 1907); All teams Lists of matches and more detailed statistics First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1892- 1913) M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Overall 197 336 22 9099 204 28.97 15 36 179 First-Class Career Bowling (1892-1913) Balls Mdns Runs Wkts BB Ave 5wI 10wM SRate Econ Overall 2854 99 1732 58 5-45 29.86 2 0 49.20 3.64 Full name, James Douglas Born January 8, 1870, Norwood Green, Middlesex Died February 8, 1958, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (aged 88 years 31 days) Major teams Cambridge University, Middlesex Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox Education Dulwich College; Cambridge University RelationBrother - AP Douglas,Brother - RN Douglas,Brother - S Douglas,Brother-in-law - RH Juckes Batting and fielding averages Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St First-class 197 336 22 9099 204 28.97 15 36 179 0 Bowling averages Mat Balls Runs Wkts BBI Ave Econ SR 5w 10 First-class 197 2854 1732 58 5/45 29.86 3.64 49.2 2 0 Career statistics First-class span 1892-1913 Profile James Douglas played for Cambridge in the university matches of 1892 and the two following years. Al right-hand batsman and left-arm slow bowler, he was in the Dulwich XI for five years from 1885. In 1889 when captain, he hit 166 against Brighton College, finishing the season with a batting average of 58.66. He became a master at Dulwich College and later had his own school at Godalming, Surrey. From 1893 till 1913 he assisted Middlesex during the school summer holidays. As opening batsman he proved of immense value to the county, first as partner to AE Stoddart and later to PF Warner. In 1896 he and Stoddart shared in three three-figure opening stands in a fortnight -178 v Yorkshire at Bradford, 158 v Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge, and 166 v Kent at Lord's. His highest innings for Middlesex was 204 against Gloucestershire at Bristol in 1903. Four years later at Taunton, when scoring 180 from the Somerset bowling, he helped in three big partnerships -110 in 50 minutes with Warner for the first wicket, 103 in 55 minutes with HA Milton for the second, and 155 in 65 minutes with Frank Tarrant for the third. He was a member of the Gentlemen's team who beat the Players at Lord's by an innings and 39 runs in 1894, when FS Jackson and Sammy Woods, bowling unchanged in both innings, gained match-figures of 12 for 77 and 6 for 124 respectively. In all first-class cricket, Douglas scored 9,099 runs, average 29.67. Robert Noel Douglas (Northwood Green, Middlesex 9 November 1868 - Colyton, Devon 27 February 1957) was an English cricketer and priest. He was educated at Dulwich and Selwyn College, Cambridge.[1] He represented Cambridge University (three blues), Surrey and Middlesex as a right-handed batsman. His brothers A.P., James and Sholto also played first-class cricket. The Rev. Robert Douglas played both cricket and rugby football for Cambridge. He went to the University from Dulwich College in 1889 and for the three following years appeared against Oxford at Lord's, scoring as opening batsman an aggregate of 97 runs in the six innings. Twice he assisted Gentlemen against Players and he later turned out first for Surrey and then for Middlesex. Altogether he hit 2,661 runs in first-class cricket, average 23.13. He played as a forward in the University rugby match of 1891 and also helped the Harlequins. He was a master at Uppingham before serving as headmaster of Giggleswick from 1910 to 1931. Full name: Robert Noel Douglas Born: 9th November 1868, Norwood Green, Middlesex, England Died: 27th February 1957, Colyton, Devon, England Batting: Right-hand batsman Occasional wicket- keeper Relations: Brother: AP Douglas; Brother: J Douglas; Brother: S Douglas Teams: Cambridge University (Main FC: 1890-1892); Surrey (Main FC: 1890-1891); Middlesex (Main FC: 1898-1905); All teams Lists of matches and more detailed statistics First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1890- 1905) M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St Overall 75 122 7 2669 131 23.20 1 15 48 3 Full name: Sholto Douglas Born: 8th September 1873, Norwood Green, Middlesex, England Died: 28th January 1916, Cambrin, Arras, France Batting: Right-hand batsman Relations: Brother: AP Douglas; Brother: J Douglas; Brother: RN Douglas Teams: Middlesex (Main FC: 1906); All teams Lists of matches and more detailed statistics First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1906) M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Middlesex 1 2 0 30 16 15.00 0 0 1 Captain Sholto Douglas was one of four brothers who played for Middlesex after being in the XI at Dulwich. Sholto was in the Dulwich side for four years from 1890 and played once for Middlesex as a middle-order batsman in 1906. A professional soldier, he served in the Boer War and then helped his brother, James, run a prep school in Godalming. He joined up on the outbreak of war in 1914 and was killed serving with the 16th Middlesex regiment. Full name Archibald Philip Douglas Born June 7, 1867, Norwood Green, Middlesex Died January 24, 1953, Haines Hill, Taunton, Somerset (aged 85 years 231 days) Major teams Europeans (India), Middlesex, Surrey Batting style Right-hand bat Education Dulwich College RelationBrother - RN Douglas,Brother - J Douglas,Brother - S Douglas Batting and fielding averages Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St First-class 9 14 1 328 91 25.23 0 3 9 0 Bowling averages Mat Balls Runs Wkts BBI Ave Econ SR 5w 10 First-class 9 183 48 8 6/34 6.00 1.57 22.8 1 0 Career statistics First-class span 1887-1912 Profile Colonel Archie Douglas, was one of four brothers who played for Middlesex. In the Dulwich XI from 1882 to 1884, he headed the batting averages in the last season, and did the same at Woolwich the next two years. On a few occasions in 1886 and 1887 he assisted Surrey, and afterwards appeared for Middlesex, the county of his birth. He also played much military cricket in India. During the Great War, when serving as Colonel of Royal Artillery (Indian Army), he was mentioned in dispatches and awarded the C.M.G. and the Serbian Order of the White Eagle (Fourth Class). This page was created by the Cricket Archive Oracles .