Alexander Pitcairn
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| Full name | Alexander Pitcairn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
17 November 1814 (aged 63–64) Eynsford, Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | 23 May 1791 MCC v Middlesex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 2 August 1792 MCC v Berkshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricket Archive, 11 May 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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]
First class career
Pitcairn played his first match on 23 May 1791 for the MCC against Middlesex at Lord's, where he scored one not out and six as Middlesex won by six wickets.[5] On 30 May 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 2 June 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 7 May 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 28 May where he scored 14 and 13.[9] The MCC then faced Berkshire on 31 May, Pitcain scoring 10 and 20,[10] Playing for TA Smith's XI against the Earl of Winchilsea's XI on 2 July 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 23 July 1792,[12] For his final match, he returned to the MCC to face Berkshire on 2 August 1792, scoring one and one.[13] He retired at the end of 1792, and died in Eynsford, Kent in 1814.[1]
Notes
- 1 2 A. Pitcairn at Cricket Archive retrieved 11 May 2008
- ↑ Teams played for by Alexander Pitcairn from Cricket Archive retrieved 11 May 2008
- ↑ Matches played by A. Pitcairn from Cricket Archive retrieved 11 May 2008
- ↑ Innings played by A. Pitcairn from Cricket Archive retrieved 11 May 2008
- ↑ Marylebone Cricket Club v Middlesex - 1791 from Cricket Archive retrieved 11 May 2008
- ↑ Gentlemen of England v Old Etonians - 1971 from Cricket Archive retrieved 11 May 2008
- ↑ Marylebone Cricket Club v Gentlemen of Kent - 1791 from Cricket Archive retrieved 11 May 2008
- ↑ Marylebone Cricket Club v Middlesex - 1792 from Cricket Archive retrieved 11 May 2008
- ↑ Marylebone Cricket Club v Brighton - 1792 from Cricket Archive retrieved 11 May 2008
- ↑ Marylebone Cricket Club v Berkshire - 1792 from Cricket Archive retrieved 11 May 2008
- ↑ Earl of Winchilsea's XI v TA Smith's XI - 1972 from Cricket Archive retrieved 11 May 2008
- ↑ Hampshire v Surrey - 1792 from Cricket Archive retrieved 11 May 2008
- ↑ Berkshire v Marylebone Cricket Club - 1792 from Cricket Archive retrieved 11 May 2008