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Full name James Thomas Anthony Bruce
Born December 17, 1979, Hammersmith, London
Current age 28 years 202 days
Major teams Cumberland,Durham UCCE,Hampshire,Hampshire 2nd XI
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Height
6 ft 1 in
Education Eton College, Durham University
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
49
57
23
243
32
7.14
793
30.64
0
0
14
0
List A
31
15
9
76
19*
12.66
0
0
9
0
Twenty20
20
6
2
30
12
7.50
29
103.44
0
0
1
1
11
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
49
6905
4225
124
5/43
34.07
3.67
55.6
5
3
0
List A
31
1232
976
44
4/18
4/18
22.18
4.75
28.0
3
0
0
Twenty20
20
17
288
391
15
3/20
3/20
26.06
8.14
19.2
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class debut
2001
Last First-class
Yorkshire v Hampshire at Leeds, Sep 19-22, 2007 scorecard
List A debut
2002
Last List A
Lancashire v Hampshire at Manchester, Sep 16, 2007 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Essex v Hampshire at Chelmsford, Jul 2, 2004 scorecard
In the XI at Eton and then after six appearances for Durham UCCE, James Bruce joined Hampshire in 2003 and spent successive winters in Australia with the Balmain Tigers in Sydney 2002-2003 and with South Perth Cricket Club from 2003 to 2005. After playing predominantly one-day matches, Bruce developed rapidly and was selected as Hampshire's new opening bowler for the County Championship, filling the void left by the recently retired Alan Mullally. Clearly enthused with his new responsibility, Bruce had an excellent 2006, taking a career best 5 for 43 against Championship champions Nottinghamshire at the Rose Bowl in June. He was awarded his county cap towards the end of the season. Another good summer followed in 2007 but shortly before the start of the 2008 campaign he announced he was retiring to pursue a career in the City.
Oli Housden February 2008
