{{Short description|Antiguan-born Bermudian cricketer (1937–2012)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = Bermuda | fullname = Irving Rupert Desmond Scotland | birth_date = 2 September 1937 | birth_place = Antigua | death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|6|7|1937|9|2|df=yes}} | death_place = Bermuda | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium | role = | international = | club1 = Bermuda | year1 = 1971/72 | clubnumber1 = | club2 = Leeward Islands | year2 = 1958 | clubnumber2 = | family = Cleon Scotland (son) | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 2 | runs1 = 137 | bat avg1 = 34.25 | 100s/50s1 = –/1 | top score1 = 72 | deliveries1 = – | wickets1 = – | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1 = –/– | date = 13 October | year = 2011 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/24/24127/24127.html CricketArchive }}
'''Irving Rupert Desmond Scotland''' (2 September 1937 – 7 June 2012) was an Antiguan-born Bermudian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler.
He played the inaugural first-class match for the Leeward Islands, against Jamaica in 1958, and later played in the inaugural first-class match for Bermuda, against New Zealand in 1972.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/24/24127/24127.html|title=Player profile: Rupert Scotland|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 October 2011}}</ref> It was the maiden first-class match to be played by the Bermuda cricket team.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.emergingcricket.com/insight/ec-rewind/bermudas-maiden-first-class-match/ |title=Bermuda's maiden First-class match |work=Emerging Cricket |accessdate=17 April 2020}}</ref>
He died following a long illness on 7 June 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20120608/SPORT/120609978|title=Cricket legend Rupert Scotland dies|last=Thompson|first=Colin|date=8 June 2012|work=The Royal Gazette|accessdate=26 March 2013}}</ref> His son Cleon Scotland played List A cricket for Bermuda.
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==External links== *[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/24/24127/24127.html Cricket Archive profile] *[http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/53023.html Cricinfo profile]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Scotland, Rupert}} Category:1937 births Category:2012 deaths Category:Bermudian cricketers Category:Antigua and Barbuda cricketers Category:Leeward Islands cricketers Category:Antigua and Barbuda emigrants to Bermuda
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