James Hodgson (cricketer, born 1969)

James Simon Hodgson (born 1969) is the Headmaster of Bedford School and a former English cricketer.

James Hodgson

Personal information
Full name	James Simon Hodgson
Born	30 April 1969 Guildford, Surrey, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Relations	Tim Hodgson (brother), Neville Knox (great-uncle)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1994	Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 9 Runs scored 256 Batting average 18.28 100s/50s –/1 Top score 54 Balls bowled 1,635 Wickets 15 Bowling average 48.80 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 4/14 Catches/stumpings 8/–
Source: Cricinfo, 31 October 2010

Biography

Born in Guildford, Surrey, on 30 April 1969, James Hodgson was educated at Wellington College and Durham University, where he graduated with first-class honours.[1][lower-alpha 1] He continued his studies at Hughes Hall, Cambridge. He taught at Tonbridge School, was Usher at Magdalen College School, Oxford, and became the Headmaster of Bedford School in 2014.

Cricket

James Hodgson was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He made his first-class debut for Cambridge University against Nottinghamshire in 1994. During the 1994 season, he represented the University in 9 first-class matches, the last of which came against Oxford University.[2] In those 9 matches, he scored 256 runs at a batting average of 18.28, with a single half century high score of 54. In the field he took 8 catches.[3] With the ball he took 15 wickets at a bowling average of 48.80, with best figures of 4/14.[4]

Family

James Hodgson's brother, Tim, played first-class cricket for Essex as well as List A cricket for the Surrey Cricket Board. His great-uncle, Neville Knox, played Test cricket for England as well as first-class cricket for Surrey and the Marylebone Cricket Club.

Notes

1. Moyes (1996) lists a J.D. Hodgson under a list of students achieving top grades. This is presumably a typo and supposed to read J.S. Hodgson, given that the letters S and D sit next to each other on the typical Keyboard layout

References

1. Moyes, Arthur (1996). "James Peden Barber". Hatfield 1846–1996. Durham: Hatfield College Trust. p. 315.
2. First-Class Matches played by James Hodgson
3. First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by James Hodgson
4. First-class Bowling For Each Team by James Hodgson

External links

• James Hodgson at Cricinfo
• James Hodgson at CricketArchive