James Ainsworth Yates (24 November 1883 – 1 December 1929) DSO, CSI was an English first-class cricketer and British Indian Army officer.
[2] Yates enlisted in the British Army, where he served in the Royal Leicestershire Regiment.
[3] He transferred from the Royal Leicestershire Regiment to the British Indian Army shortly after, at which point he returned the rank of second lieutenant at his own request.
[4] By October 1907 he was serving in the Maratha Light Infantry, at which point he was promoted to back to the rank of lieutenant.
[6] While serving in British India he made his debut in first-class cricket for Europeans at Poona in the 1911/12 Bombay Presidency.