John Aitchison (cricketer)

John Edward Aitchison (27 December 1928 – 2 April 2009) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a slow left-arm bowler who played for Kent County Cricket Club. He was born in Gillingham, Kent in 1928.[1]

John Aitchison

Personal information
Full name	John Edward Aitchison
Born	27 December 1928 Gillingham, Kent
Died	2 April 2009 (aged 80) Sydenham, London
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Slow left arm orthodox
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1949–1950	Kent
FC debut	28 May 1949 Kent v Glamorgan
Last FC	5 July 1950 Kent v Leicestershire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 3 Runs scored 6 Batting average 2.00 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 4 Balls bowled 147 Wickets 3 Bowling average 29.33 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 3/33 Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: CricInfo, 21 October 2009

Aitchison was taken on to the ground staff at Kent in 1946, living with an aunt in Whitstable.[2] He made his debut for the Kent Second XI later in the year before playing for the county Second XI in the 1947 Minor Counties Championship. Aitchison did not play throughout 1948 when he was posted on National Service in Germany.[2] He made his first-class cricket debut just three days after his first Second XI appearance of 1949, playing against Glamorgan at Gravesend.[1][3] He took all three of his first-class wickets on his debut.[1]

Aitchison played two further matches for Kent's First XI in July 1950 against Worcestershire and Leicestershire.[1][3] He was described by Derek Ufton, a contemporary on the Kent ground staff, as "a left-arm bowler with a beautiful action".[2] He died at Sydenham in South London in 2009 aged 80.[1]

References

1. John Aitchison, CricInfo. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
2. A Remarkable Sporting Life – Derek Ufton, Kent County Cricket Club, 2014-08-27. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
3. John Aitchison, CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 July 2014. (subscription required).

External links

John Aitchison at ESPNcricinfo