James Fitzgerald (New Zealand cricketer)

James Fitzgerald (20 March 1862 – 24 June 1943) was a New Zealand cricketer and physician.

He was one of the twins born at Pigeon Bay on Banks Peninsula in 1862; his father was the educationalist William Fitzgerald. He earned his medical degree at the Dunedin School of Medicine. He played two first-class matches for Otago, one in each of the 1883–84 and 1884–85 seasons.James Fitzgerald, CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 February 2024. Fitzgerald was a physician and was the oldest one practising in New Zealand at the time of his death. He was a member of the Otago University Council. He died on 24 June 1943 in Dunedin.McCarron, Tony (2010). New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 50. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.

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