Alexander Pitcairn

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country = England
fullname = Alexander Pitcairn
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yearofbirth = 1750
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yearofdeath = 1814
placeofdeath = Eynsford, Kent
countryofdeath = England
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role = Batsman
club1 = Marylebone Cricket Club
year1 = 1791—1792
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club2 = Gentlemen of England
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club3 = Gentlemen of Kent
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club5 = Hampshire
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debutdate1 = May 23
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lastdate1 = August 2
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date = May 11
year = 2008
source = http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Archive/Players/79/79536/79536.html 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. [http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Archive/Players/79/79536/79536.html A. Pitcairn] at Cricket Archive retrieved May 11 2008] He also played for the Gentlemen of Kent, Gentlemen of England and Thomas Assheton Smith II's XI. [http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Archive/Players/79/79536/all_teams.html Teams played for by Alexander Pitcairn] from Cricket Archive retrieved May 11 2008] Pitcairn, a batsman, played nine first class matches in his career, scoring 143 runs at 8.93. [ [http://www.pcboard.com.pk/cgi-bin/player_oracle_reveals_results1.cgi Matches played by A. Pitcairn] from Cricket Archive retrieved May 11 2008] [ [http://www.pcboard.com.pk/cgi-bin/player_oracle_reveals_results1.cgi Innings played by A. Pitcairn] from Cricket Archive retrieved May 11 2008]

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. [ [http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Archive/Scorecards/0/134.html Marylebone Cricket Club v Middlesex - 1791] from Cricket Archive retrieved May 11 2008] 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. [ [http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Archive/Scorecards/0/135.html Gentlemen of England v Old Etonians - 1971] from Cricket Archive retrieved May 11 2008] 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. [ [http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Archive/Scorecards/0/136.html Marylebone Cricket Club v Gentlemen of Kent - 1791] from Cricket Archive retrieved May 11 2008]

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, [ [http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Archive/Scorecards/0/151.html Marylebone Cricket Club v Middlesex - 1792] from Cricket Archive retrieved May 11 2008] followed by another game for the MCC against Brighton on May 28 where he scored 14 and 13. [ [http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Archive/Scorecards/0/154.html Marylebone Cricket Club v Brighton - 1792] from Cricket Archive retrieved May 11 2008] The MCC then faced Berkshire on May 31, Pitcain scoring 10 and 20, [ [http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Archive/Scorecards/0/155.html Marylebone Cricket Club v Berkshire - 1792] from Cricket Archive retrieved May 11 2008] 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. [ [http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Archive/Scorecards/0/158.html Earl of Winchilsea's XI v TA Smith's XI - 1972] from Cricket Archive retrieved May 11 2008] Pitcairn then scored two and two for Hampshire against Surrey on July 23 1792, [ [http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Archive/Scorecards/0/161.html Hampshire v Surrey - 1792] from Cricket Archive retrieved May 11 2008] For his final match, he returned to the MCC to face Berkshire on August 2 1792, scoring one and one. [ [http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Archive/Scorecards/0/162.html Berkshire v Marylebone Cricket Club - 1792] from Cricket Archive retrieved May 11 2008] He retired at the end of 1792, and died in Eynsford, Kent in 1814.

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