James Stewart Souter (13 February 1923 – 21 October 1999) was an English first-class cricketer.
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| Full name | James Stewart Souter | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1923-02-13)13 February 1923 Kanpur, United Provinces, British India | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 21 October 1999(1999-10-21) (aged 76) St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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| 1948 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 1 July 2020 | |||||||||||||||
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]