James (Jim) Slight (20 October 1855 – 9 December 1930) was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test in 1880.Slight played first-class cricket as a batsman for Victoria from 1874 to 1888, but was never able to replicate at state level his heavy scoring for South Melbourne, where his score of 279 in 1882-83 is still the club record.