Alexander Forrester (cricketer)
Scottish cricketer, cricket administrator, and educator / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alexander Roxburgh Forrester (26 October 1899 — 11 December 1976) was a Scottish first-class cricketer, cricket administrator, and educator.
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Full name | Alexander Roxburgh Forrester | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 26 October 1899 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 11 December 1976(1976-12-11) (aged 77) Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Leg break googly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1925–1927 | Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 12 July 2022 |
Forrester was born at Glasgow in October 1899. He was educated at The Glasgow Academy, before matriculating to the University of Glasgow.[1] He briefly served in the British Army in 1919, when he was an emergency commission into the Royal Garrison Artillery as a second lieutenant.[2] A club cricketer for Glasgow Academicals Cricket Club, he made his debut for Scotland in first-class cricket against Ireland at Dublin in 1925. He made two further appearances in first-class cricket for Scotland against Ireland, at Greenock in 1926 and Dublin in 1927.[3] Playing in the Scottish side as a leg break googly bowler, he took 17 wickets at an average of 17.05;[4] he took one five wicket haul, with figures of 5 for 66 on debut.[5] As a tailend batsman, he scored 43 runs with a highest score of 25 not out.[6]
Forrester later served as the president of the Scottish Cricket Union in 1956, succeeding William Whitelaw.[7] By profession, Forrester was a schoolmaster.[8] He died at Glasgow in December 1976.