| Country: | Scotland |
| Fullname: | Alexander Gillespie Pearson |
| Birth Date: | 21 January 1856 |
| Birth Place: | Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland |
| Family: | Robert Pearson (brother) |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm roundarm medium |
| Club1: | Oxford University |
| Year1: | 1876 - 1878 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 12 |
| Runs1: | 163 |
| Bat Avg1: | 8.15 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 35 |
| Deliveries1: | 781 |
| Wickets1: | 16 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 18.06 |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | 3/10 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 5/– |
| Date: | 26 June |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/18849.html Cricinfo |
Alexander Gillespie Pearson (21 January 1856 – 24 January 1931) was a Scottish first-class cricketer and legal advocate.
The son of Andrew Pearson, he was born at Edinburgh in January 1856. He was educated firstly at the Loretto School in Musselburgh,[1] before transferring to Rugby School.[2] From Rugby, he matriculated ar Balliol College, Oxford in 1875. While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University from 1876–78, making sixteen appearances.[3] Pearson scored 163 runs at an average of 8.15, with a high score of 35.[4] With his right-arm roundarm medium pace bowling, he took 16 wickets at a bowling average of 18.06 and best figures of 3 for 10.[5]
After graduating from Oxford, Pearson became a member of the Faculty of Advocates. He was also a justice of the peace for Dumfriesshire.[2] Pearson died in Switzerland at Locarno in January 1931. His brother, Robert, also played first-class cricket.