James Aitchison | |
Country: | Scotland |
Fullname: | James Aitchison |
Birth Date: | 1920 5, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Kilmarnock, Ayrshire |
Death Place: | Glasgow |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
Club1: | Scotland |
Year1: | 1946–1963 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 50 |
Runs1: | 2,786 |
Bat Avg1: | 32.77 |
100S/50S1: | 5/13 |
Top Score1: | 190 |
Deliveries1: | 18 |
Wickets1: | 0 |
Bowl Avg1: | – |
Fivefor1: | – |
Tenfor1: | – |
Best Bowling1: | – |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 22/– |
Date: | 19 March |
Year: | 2017 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/25134.html CricInfo |
James Aitchison (26 May 1920 – 13 February 1994) was a Scottish minister in the Church of Scotland and a first-class cricketer.
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] He scored centuries against two touring Test playing nations, 106 not out in a team score of 177 against the 1947 South Africans and nine years later struck 100 against the Australians.[3] In club cricket for Kilmarnock he made 18,344 runs with 56 centuries.
Aitchison served as a minister in the Church of Scotland for 34 years until his retirement in 1986.[4] During his career he took on a divinity student to help her learn whilst he was minister of Broomhill in Glasgow. The Reverend Euphemia Irvine was to be the first woman to lead a parish in Scotland.[5] In 2011 he was one of the twelve initial inductees into the Scottish Cricket Hall of Fame.[6]