James Fellowes (cricketer)

Colonel James Fellowes (FRAS) (21 August 1841 – 3 May 1916) was an English soldier and amateur cricketer. Fellowes served in the Royal Engineers and played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club and Hampshire County Cricket Club. He was a right-handed who bowled right-arm fast roundarm.

Fellowes was born in the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa in 1841. He joined the Royal Engineers and was commissioned in the Corps. He reached the rank of Colonel and served as Assistant-Commandant of the Royal School of Military Engineering at Chatham in Kent. In 1890 Fellowes retired from the army on half-pay.

Fellowes first played cricket for the Royal Engineers in 1868 and joined the MCC in 1869. He made his first class cricket debut for MCC against Cambridge University.

Fellowes made his county cricket debut for Kent County Cricket Club in 1873. He played nine first-class matches for Kent up until 1881 before going on to play eleven times for Hampshire County Cricket Club between 1883 and 1885. In his first-class career Fellowes took a total of 60 wickets at an average of 18.96, including taking 13/100 for Kent against Lancashre in 1874. He was described in Scores and Biographies as "a very hard hitter, and a fast round-armed bowler" who could field at "any place with effect".