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Full name | James Stewart Souter | ||||||||||||||
Born | Kanpur, United Provinces, British India | 13 February 1923||||||||||||||
Died | 21 October 1999 St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, England | (aged 76)||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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1948 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 1 July 2020 |
James Stewart Souter (13 February 1923 – 21 October 1999) was an English first-class cricketer.
The son of the Scottish colonial administrator Sir Edward Souter, he was born at Kanpur in British India. He was educated in England at Haileybury, [1] before going up to Brasenose College, Oxford in 1942. [2] His studies at Oxford were interrupted by the ongoing Second World War, in which he served in the latter stages with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR), enlisting as a pilot officer in April 1944. [3] He served with the RAFVR until 1948, the year in which he was promoted to flying officer. [4] He returned to Brasenose College in 1948, playing three first-class cricket matches for Oxford University against the Free Foresters, Lancashire and Middlesex in 1948. [5] He scored 47 runs in his three matches, with a high score of 30. [6] His brother, Ian, was killed in action during the war. [7] He married Mary Atkinson at The Strand, London in 1948. [8] Souter died in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex on 21 October 1999, at the age of 76. [9]