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Irvin Bancroff Iffla (20 January 1924 – 16 March 2012) was a Jamaican-born
Irvin Bancroff Iffla (20 January 1924 – 16 March 2012) was a Jamaican-born cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
er who lived and played in Scotland.
Life
He was born inKingston, Jamaica
Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley Inter ...
the son of Donald Keith Iffla (1893-1926) and his wife Epoldina Maud Patterson (1896-1963).
He played in four first-class matches for the Jamaican cricket team from 1947 to 1950. In 1951, he moved to Scotland to join Stirling County Cricket Club
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and is credited with popularising cricket in the country.
He died at 1 Hill Street in St Ninians just south of Stirling and is buried in Valleyfield Cemetery next to Stirling Castle
Stirling Castle, located in Stirling, is one of the largest and most important castles in Scotland, both historically and architecturally. The castle sits atop Castle Hill, an intrusive crag, which forms part of the Stirling Sill geological ...
in central Scotland.
Family
In 1945 he was married to Lucille Pearce in Jamaica. They had five children.Glasgow Herald 22 March 2012See also
* List of Jamaican representative cricketersReferences
External links
* 1924 births 2012 deaths Jamaican cricketers Jamaica cricketers Sportspeople from Kingston, Jamaica Migrants from British Jamaica to the United Kingdom {{Jamaica-cricket-bio-stub