James Salmon
New Zealand cricketer
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| Intro | New Zealand cricketer | |
| Places | New Zealand | |
| was | Athlete Cricketer | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 8 January 1849, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |
| Death | 28 November 1903Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington Region, New Zealand (aged 54 years) | |
| Star sign | Capricorn |
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James Salmon (8 January 1849 – 28 November 1903) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in four first-class matches for Wellington from 1873 to 1881.
Salmon was a right-arm medium-pace bowler. The 1877-78 Australian team considered him Wellington's best bowler.
He worked in Wellington as managing clerk for Chapman & Tripp, barristers, until obliged to give up work in 1901 owing to illness. In November 1903 he died suddenly at home in Wellington of heart failure after a fall. He left two sons and a daughter.