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Jimmy Bridges (cricketer)

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James John Bridges (28 June 1887 – 26 September 1966) was an English cricketer who played for Somerset from 1911 to 1929.

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Bridges was a right-arm fast-medium bowler who batted right-handed. Before the First World War he played as a professional, but after the war he was one of Somerset's many amateurs.[1] He played in 216 first-class matches and took 686 wickets at an average of 25.67 with best figures of 7/41. He achieved 5 wickets in an innings on 45 occasions and 10 wickets in a match four times. He was a tail-end batsman who played 348 innings, with 108 not outs, scoring 2,418 runs with a highest score of 99 not out. He made two fifties and took 128 catches.[2]

Bridges was the bowler when Jack Hobbs scored the run that took him to his 126th career century and so equalled the then world record of W G Grace. He then dismissed Hobbs for 101.[1]

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