Jim Christy (cricketer)

James Alexander Joseph Christy (12 December 1904 – 1 February 1971) was a South African cricketer who played in ten Test matches from 1929 to 1931–32.^[1]

Jim Christy

Christy pictured in 1935
Personal information
Born	(1904-12-12)12 December 1904 Pretoria, Transvaal Colony
Died	1 February 1971(1971-02-01) (aged 66) Durban, Natal
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
International information
National side	South Africa
Test debut	15 June 1929 v England
Last Test	4 March 1932 v New Zealand
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class Matches 10 65 Runs scored 618 3,670 Batting average 34.33 37.07 100s/50s 1/5 11/15 Top score 103 175 Balls bowled 138 1,947 Wickets 2 32 Bowling average 46.00 27.93 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 1/15 4/19 Catches/stumpings 3/– 33/–
Source: CricketArchive, 14 November 2022

Christy was a right-handed batsman often used as an opener and a right-arm medium-pace bowler, though he bowled less as he got older and almost not at all in Tests. He played in South African domestic cricket for Transvaal from 1925–26 to 1929–30, toured England, Australia and New Zealand with the South African team, and then had two seasons playing for Queensland in Australian domestic cricket.^[2]