Alexander Pitcairn

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Alexander Pitcairn
England
Personal information
Full name Alexander Pitcairn
Born [[ Missing required parameter 1=month!]] 1750 (1750--) (age Expression error: Missing operand for and)
Role Batsman
Domestic team information
Years Team
1791—1792 Marylebone Cricket Club
1791 Gentlemen of England
1791 Gentlemen of Kent
1792 TA Smith's XI
1792 Hampshire
First-class debut May 23, 1791: MCC v Middlesex
Last First-class August 2, 1792: MCC v Berkshire
Career statistics
First-class cricket
Matches 9
Runs scored 143
Batting average 8.93
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 34
Balls bowled 0
Wickets 0
Bowling average -
5 wickets in innings -
10 wickets in match -
Best bowling -
Catches/stumpings 2/0

As of May 11, 2008
Source: Cricket Archive

Alexander Pitcairn (1750—17 November 1814) was an English cricketer who played for Hampshire and the Marylebone Cricket Club from 1791 to 1792.[1] He also played for the Gentlemen of Kent, Gentlemen of England and Thomas Assheton Smith II's XI.[2] Pitcairn, a batsman, played nine first class matches in his career, scoring 143 runs at 8.93.[3][4]

[edit] First class career

Pitcairn played his first match on May 23, 1791 for the MCC against Middlesex at Lords, where he scored one not out and six as Middlesex won by six wickets.[5] On May 30, 1791 he played for the Gentlemen of England against the Old Etonians, where he scored 34 and eight as his team won by six wickets.[6] He played one final match in that year, on June 2, 1791 where he played for the Gentlemen of Kent against the MCC, scoring nine and a duck.[7]

Pitcairn played six matches in the following year, the first on May 7, 1792 for the MCC against Middlesex, where he scored 18 not out and 0,[8] followed by another game for the MCC against Brighton on May 28 where he scored 14 and 13.[9] The MCC then faced Berkshire on May 31, Pitcain scoring 10 and 20,[10] Playing for TA Smith's XI against the Earl of Winchilsea's XI on July 2, 1792, Pitcairn scored four and a duck as his team won by 75 runs.[11] Pitcairn then scored two and two for Hampshire against Surrey on July 23, 1792,[12] For his final match, he returned to the MCC to face Berkshire on August 2, 1792, scoring one and one.[13] He retired at the end of 1792, and died in Eynsford, Kent in 1814.[1]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b A. Pitcairn at Cricket Archive retrieved May 11, 2008
  2. ^ Teams played for by Alexander Pitcairn from Cricket Archive retrieved May 11, 2008
  3. ^ Matches played by A. Pitcairn from Cricket Archive retrieved May 11, 2008
  4. ^ Innings played by A. Pitcairn from Cricket Archive retrieved May 11, 2008
  5. ^ Marylebone Cricket Club v Middlesex - 1791 from Cricket Archive retrieved May 11, 2008
  6. ^ Gentlemen of England v Old Etonians - 1971 from Cricket Archive retrieved May 11, 2008
  7. ^ Marylebone Cricket Club v Gentlemen of Kent - 1791 from Cricket Archive retrieved May 11, 2008
  8. ^ Marylebone Cricket Club v Middlesex - 1792 from Cricket Archive retrieved May 11, 2008
  9. ^ Marylebone Cricket Club v Brighton - 1792 from Cricket Archive retrieved May 11, 2008
  10. ^ Marylebone Cricket Club v Berkshire - 1792 from Cricket Archive retrieved May 11, 2008
  11. ^ Earl of Winchilsea's XI v TA Smith's XI - 1972 from Cricket Archive retrieved May 11, 2008
  12. ^ Hampshire v Surrey - 1792 from Cricket Archive retrieved May 11, 2008
  13. ^ Berkshire v Marylebone Cricket Club - 1792 from Cricket Archive retrieved May 11, 2008