14 Facts About James Iremonger

James Iremonger was an English cricketer and one of the players most unlucky never to play Test cricket.

James Iremonger was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1903.

James Iremonger had had a trial in the then-annual "Colts" match in 1897.

However, the following year his solid defence saw James Iremonger establish himself in the first team as a batsman, but he was routinely criticised for lacking strokes and his figures with an average of only around 18 bore this out.

James Iremonger achieved a batting average of above 30 only once in the seven seasons from 1907 to 1913 and dropped down the order from 1910.

Nevertheless, James Iremonger always remained an extremely useful and obdurate bat in any crisis, and even in the wet summer of 1912 where he only once exceeded fifty, eight not outs gave him an average of 26.

From 1908, with John Gunn and Hallam declining rapidly as bowlers, James Iremonger surprisingly filled the breach in the county's attack.

James Iremonger did little and was never considered for the 1912 Triangular Tournament despite maintaining his form.

When county cricket resumed after the war, James Iremonger did not resume his first-class career, but he did play one match for Notts' Second XI in 1927, when he was 51 years old.

James Iremonger coached Nottinghamshire from 1921 to 1938, when he retired.

James Iremonger played football for Nottingham Forest making his debut as a fullback in 1896 against Stoke and earned 2 caps for England.

James Iremonger spent fifteen years with Forest making over 300 appearances.

James Iremonger is mentioned in James Joyce's Ulysses in the cabman shelter.

James Iremonger lived to the age of 80, and was living in Nottingham at the time of his death on 25 March 1956.