Rupert Scotland
Antiguan-born Bermudian cricketer
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Full name | Irving Rupert Desmond Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 2 September 1937 Antigua | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 7 June 2012(2012-06-07) (aged 74) Bermuda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Cleon Scotland (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1971/72 | Bermuda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1958 | Leeward Islands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 13 October 2011 |
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.
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