John Ralph Laing (born 27 August 1942) is a
Scottish
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*Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland
*Scottish English
*Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
former 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 and administrator.
Laing was born at
Meigle in August 1942. He was educated at Alyth School. A
club cricketer for Perthshire County Cricket Club, Laing made his debut for
Scotland in
first-class cricket against
Warwickshire at
Edgbaston in 1969. He played first-class cricket for Scotland until 1979, having made eight appearances. In these he scored 301 runs at an
average of 21.50, with a highest score of 217
not out coming against
Ireland in 1976. Laing was later appointed president of the
Scottish Cricket Union in 1992.
Outside of cricket, Laing was a potato merchant. His brother,
Gordon, was also a first-class cricketer.
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1942 births
Living people
Cricketers from Perth and Kinross
Scottish cricketers
Scottish cricket administrators