Career
He was a right-handed batsman and a roundarm right-arm medium pace bowler who played from 1872 to 1875 for Oxford University Cricket Club and Gloucestershire County Cricket Club. Language was born at Selkirk, Scotland. Language made 18 first-class appearances, scoring 303 runs 13.17 with a highest innings of 54, his sole half-century.
He held 9 catches and took 76 wickets 14.52 with a best analysis of 6–27.
He took 10 wickets in a match on one occasion and five wickets in an innings on five occasions. Language died at Virginia Water, Surrey on 26 December 1894.