James Southerton

  General Notes:

Played Cricket for England - was the 5th oldest ever to play and was playing when he was 49, not long before he died! He was the oldest debutante in Test Cricket and was the first test match cricketer to die.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census UK: hairdresser unmarried with a census age of 28, 1851, London Road, Mitcham, Surrey, England. ⁵

• Census UK: hairdresser with a census age of 32, 1861, High Street, Mitcham, Kent, England. ⁶

• Census UK: hair dresser with a census age of 43, 1871, High Street, Mitcham, Surrey, England. ⁷

James married Sarah Pratt, daughter of William Pratt and Sarah, about Dec 1854 in Wandsworth, London, England.¹ (Sarah Pratt was born before 10 Sep 1836 in Merton, Surrey, England ⁶, christened on 10 Sep 1836 in Merton, Surrey, England ⁸ and died on 26 May 1901 in Lower Green, Mitcham, Surrey, England ⁹.)