James Gordon Crowdy (2 July 1847 – 16 December 1918) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.

The son of George Frederick Crowdy, he was born in July 1847 at Highworth, Wiltshire.

[4] After graduating from Oxford, he was appointed a minor canon at Winchester Cathedral in 1872, a post he held until 1890.

[6] Commenting in Scores and Biographies, Arthur Haygarth noted that Crowdy was "a good hitter and field generally at point or cover-point".

[1] Crowdy was later appointed rector of Sherfield on Loddon in 1890, alongside being an honorary canon and precentor at Winchester Cathedral.