John Paton (25 August 1881 – 22 August 1935) was a Scottish first-class
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.
Paton was born at
Dunfermline
Dunfermline (; sco, Dunfaurlin, gd, Dùn Phàrlain) is a city, parish and former Royal Burgh, in Fife, Scotland, on high ground from the northern shore of the Firth of Forth. The city currently has an estimated population of 58,508. Accord ...
in August 1881. A
club cricketer for Dunfermline Cricket Club, Paton was invited to play for the Rest of Scotland in 1913 on the back of strong bowling performances at club level. The following year he was selected for the senior
Scotland team, playing in a
first-class match against
Ireland at
Dublin. Playing as a
bowler, he led the Scottish bowling figures in the Irish second innings with figures of 4 for 48, adding to the wicket of
William Meldon
William Waltrude "Budge" Meldon (9 April 1879 – 23 May 1957) was an Irish cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler.
He started his cricket career playing county cricket with Warwickshire, for whom he played ...
that he took in the Irish first innings. Batting at the
tail, he was dismissed for 2 runs in the Scottish first innings by Meldon, while in their second innings he was dismissed
without scoring in the Scottish first innings by
Basil Ward. At club level, Paton was a useful
all-rounder who played for Fifeshire after the
First World War and captained the side in 1921, but returned to Dumfermline to captain the side for the 1922 season. It was noted that following the war, Paton was employed in a government office at
Perth. He died at Dunfermline in August 1935.
[Perth's Regret. '' Perthshire Advertiser''. 24 August 1935. p. 13]
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1881 births
1935 deaths
Politicians from Dunfermline
Scottish cricketers
Scottish civil servants