James Aitchison (cricketer)
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| Full name | James Aitchison | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 May 1920 Kilmarnock, Ayrshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 February 1994 (aged 73) Glasgow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1946–1963 | Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 19 March 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
James Aitchison (26 May 1920 – 13 February 1994) was a Scottish minister in the Church of Scotland and a first-class cricketer.
Career
Only two other players have appeared more times in first class cricket for
Scotland, and Aitchison holds the team's record for most career runs and highest individual score.[1] In the match against Ireland in 1959 he batted throughout the first day to make 190 not out.[2]
In club cricket for Kilmarnock he made 18,344 runs with 56 centuries.
Aitchison served as a minister in the
Euphemia Irvine was to be the first woman to lead a parish in Scotland.[4] In 2011 he was one of the twelve initial inductees into the Scottish Cricket Hall of Fame.[5]
References
- ^ Scotland first-class cricket statistics
- ^ Ireland v Scotland 1959
- ^ Wisden 1995, p. 1378.
- ^ "Obituary - Effie Irvine, pioneering minister and the first woman to be ordained and inducted to a Church of Scotland parish". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ Scottish cricket launches Hall of Fame
External links
James Aitchison at ESPNcricinfo
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