Country: | Bermuda |
Fullname: | Irving Rupert Desmond Scotland |
Birth Date: | 2 September 1937 |
Birth Place: | Antigua |
Death Place: | Bermuda |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
Club1: | Bermuda |
Year1: | 1971/72 |
Club2: | Leeward Islands |
Year2: | 1958 |
Family: | Cleon Scotland (son) |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 2 |
Runs1: | 137 |
Bat Avg1: | 34.25 |
100S/50S1: | - /1 |
Top Score1: | 72 |
Deliveries1: | - |
Wickets1: | - |
Bowl Avg1: | - |
Fivefor1: | - |
Tenfor1: | - |
Best Bowling1: | - |
Catches/Stumpings1: | - / - |
Date: | 13 October |
Year: | 2011 |
Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/24/24127/24127.html CricketArchive |
Irving Rupert Desmond Scotland (2 September 1937 - 7 June 2012) was an Antiguan-born Bermudian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler.
He played the inaugural first-class match for the Leeward Islands, against Jamaica in 1958, and later played in the inaugural first-class match for Bermuda, against New Zealand in 1972.[1] It was the maiden first-class match to be played by the Bermuda cricket team.[2]
He died following a long illness on 7 June 2012.[3] His son Cleon Scotland played List A cricket for Bermuda.