Alexander Pitcairn

Alexander Pitcairn (1750 – 17 November 1814) was an English cricketer who played for Hampshire and the Marylebone Cricket Club from 1791 to 1792.^[1] He also played for the Gentlemen of Kent, Gentlemen of England and Thomas Assheton Smith II's XI.^[2] Pitcairn, a batsman, played nine first class matches in his career, scoring 143 runs at 8.93.^[3][4]

First class career

Pitcairn played his first match on 23 May 1791 for the MCC against Middlesex at Lord's, where he scored one not out and six as Middlesex won by six wickets.^[5] On 30 May 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.^[6] He played one final match in that year, on 2 June 1791 where he played for the Gentlemen of Kent against the MCC, scoring nine and a duck.^[7]

Pitcairn played six matches in the following year, the first on 7 May 1792 for the MCC against Middlesex, where he scored 18 not out and 0,^[8] followed by another game for the MCC against Brighton on 28 May where he scored 14 and 13.^[9] The MCC then faced Berkshire on 31 May, Pitcain scoring 10 and 20,^[10] Playing for TA Smith's XI against the Earl of Winchilsea's XI on 2 July 1792, Pitcairn scored four and a duck as his team won by 75 runs.^[11] Pitcairn then scored two and two for Hampshire against Surrey on 23 July 1792,^[12] For his final match, he returned to the MCC to face Berkshire on 2 August 1792, scoring one and one.^[13] He retired at the end of 1792, and died in Eynsford, Kent in 1814.^[1]

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