James Aitchison (26 May 1920 – 13 February 1994) was a Scottish minister in the Church of Scotland and a first-class cricketer.

Career

Only two other players have appeared more times in first class cricket for Scotland, and Aitchison holds the team's record for most career runs and highest individual score. In the match against Ireland in 1959 he batted throughout the first day to make 190 not out. In club cricket for Kilmarnock he made 18,344 runs with 56 centuries. Aitchison served as a minister in the Church of Scotland for 34 years until his retirement in 1986. During his career he took on a divinity student to help her learn whilst he was minister of Broomhill in Glasgow. The Reverend

Euphemia Irvine Euphemia "Effy" Irvine (28 August 1924 – February 2, 2018) was the first woman in Scotland to run a parish. Life Irvine was born in Clydebank on 28 August 1924. She was brought up in Jordanvale Parish Church in Glasgow and she left school when ...

was to be the first woman to lead a parish in Scotland. In 2011 he was one of the twelve initial inductees into the Scottish Cricket Hall of Fame.Scottish cricket launches Hall of Fame
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Aitchison, James 1920 births 1994 deaths Scottish cricketers 20th-century Ministers of the Church of Scotland Sportspeople from Kilmarnock