James Salmon (8 January 1849 – 28 November 1903) was a New Zealand cricketer.
The 1877-78 Australian team considered him Wellington's best bowler.
[3] He worked in Wellington as managing clerk for Chapman & Tripp, barristers, until obliged to give up work in 1901 owing to illness.
[4] In November 1903 he died suddenly at home in Wellington of heart failure after a fall.
[6] This biographical article related to a New Zealand cricket person born in the 1840s is a stub.