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| Full name | David John Simpson | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1961-02-23) 23 February 1961 (age 63) Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1985 | Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 30 October 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
David John Simpson (born 23 February 1961) is a Scottish former first-class cricketer.
Simpson was born at Irvine in February 1945 and was educated in Ayr at Belmont Academy. He played club cricket for Ayr, captaining the side on two occasions; the first in 1987, with the second period from 1993 to 1995. Simpson made his debut for Scotland in a first-class match against Ireland at Glasgow in 1984; he made a second first-class appearance against Ireland the following season at Dublin. He scored 19 runs in these matches, with a highest score of 9. The following season, he made four List A one-day appearances against English county opponents in the 1985 Benson & Hedges Cup. In his four one-day matches, he scored 14 runs with a highest score of 7. Outside of cricket, Simpson worked in the insurance industry.
References
- "Club Captains". www.ayrcc.org. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- "First-Class Matches played by David Simpson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by David Simpson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- "List A Matches played by David Simpson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- "List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by David Simpson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 October 2022.