List of Forfarshire cricket professionals

Forfarshire Cricket Club has employed many professionals since its foundation in 1880.

Professionals

Name Period Ref
Charles Keeping 1880 [1]
Peter Pullan 1881 [1]
Joe Todd 1882 [1]
Pat Higgins 1883-1915 [1]
George Chambers 1901-1903 [2]
1906-1911 [3]
Harry Bettison 1904 [4]
Albert Mortimer 1905 [5]
A. Drury 1906 [6]
Billy Ringrose 1907-1912 [7]
Joe Winyard 1913-1914 [8]
Claude Buckenham 1914 [9]
1919-1921 [10]
None 1915-1918
Hugh Claughton 1922-1923 [11]
1926-1927 [12]
None 1924 [13]
Frederick Hyland 1925 [14]
George Wilson 1928-1931 [15]
Frank Smailes 1931-1932 [16]
Bill Andrews 1933-1934 [17]
Gordon Hodgson 1935-1936 [18]
Jim Cutmore 1936 [19]
Harold Greenwood 1937 [20]
Name Period Ref
George Lavis 1938-1939 [21]
None 1940-1946
Bill Etherington 1947 [22]
Tony Mills 1948 [23]
Dickie Fuller 1949-1951 [24]
Alf Pope 1952-1956 [25]
Clairmonte Depeiaza 1957-1959 [26]
Bob Bartels 1960 [27]
Jack Dyson 1961-1962 [28]
None 1963-1980 [29]
Andrew Hilditch 1981 [30]
Steve Bernard 1982 [31]
1985 [32]
Gary Whitaker 1984 [33]
Shishir Hattangadi 1987-1990 [34]
Simon Mann 1992 [35]
Richard Chee Quee 1993 [36]
None 1994 [37]
Peter Drinnen 1995-2003 [38]
Luke Gleeson 2004 [39]
Tom Cooper 2008 [40]
Kelby Pickering 2009-2010 [41]
Michael Leask 2023 [42]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Fifty Years of Forfarshire Cricket". Dundee Courier. 18 Apr 1930. p. 9. Retrieved 1 Sep 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "Higgins's Understudy - Forfarshire's New Prof". Dundee Evening Telegraph. 23 March 1901. p. 5. Retrieved 1 November 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Chambers to Remain in England". Dundee Evening Telegraph. 27 December 1911. p. 5. Retrieved 1 November 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Forfarshire C.C.'s New Prof". Dundee Evening Telegraph. 30 March 1904. p. 3. Retrieved 1 November 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "A Famous Side of Stalwarts". Dundee Courier. 20 April 1921. p. 6. Retrieved 1 November 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Another Prof for Forfarshire". Dundee Evening Telegraph. 27 April 1906. p. 5. Retrieved 1 November 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Ringrose for Forfarshire". Perthshire Courier. 28 August 1906. p. 4. Retrieved 1 November 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Joe Winyard is Today Definitely Fixed up as Pro. to Forfarshire C.C.". Dundee Evening Telegraph. 28 May 1913. p. 3. Retrieved 1 November 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Forfarshire C.C.'s Three Professionals". Dundee Evening Telegraph. 22 April 1914. p. 5. Retrieved 1 November 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "Forfarshire's Opening Pair". Dundee Courier. 4 July 1921. p. 7. Retrieved 1 November 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ "Forfarshire C.C.'s New "Prof."". Dundee Courier. 28 January 1922. p. 12. Retrieved 1 November 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ^ "Forfarshire C.C.'s Prof Arrives". Dundee Evening Telegraph. 22 April 1926. p. 6. Retrieved 1 November 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  13. ^ "Professionals in Scottish County Cricket". Dundee Evening Telegraph. 30 June 1924. p. 9. Retrieved 1 November 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  14. ^ "A Professional for Forfarshire C.C.". Dundee Courier. 20 October 1924. p. 3. Retrieved 1 November 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  15. ^ "Forfarshire's New Professional". Dundee Courier. 10 December 1927. p. 6. Retrieved 1 November 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  16. ^ "Forthill Cricket Plans". Dundee Courier. 11 March 1932. p. 10. Retrieved 1 November 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  17. ^ "Forfarshire's New Prof". Dundee Courier. 15 October 1932. p. 9. Retrieved 1 November 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  18. ^ "Forfarshire C.C.'s New Professional". Dundee Evening Telegraph. 27 September 1934. p. 8. Retrieved 1 November 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  19. ^ "New Forfarshire Pro. Loses Cricket Bag". Dundee Evening Telegraph. 7 August 1936. p. 3. Retrieved 1 November 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  20. ^ "Greenwood's Great Century". Broughty Ferry Guide and Advertiser. 21 August 1937. p. 10. Retrieved 1 November 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  21. ^ "G. Lavis for Forthill". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 22 September 1937. p. 4. Retrieved 1 November 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  22. ^ "Forfarshire Pro. to Get Talent Money". Dundee Evening Telegraph. 30 May 1947. p. 9. Retrieved 1 November 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  23. ^ "New Pros. for Forthill and Mannofield". Dundee Courier. 4 September 1947. p. 4. Retrieved 1 November 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  24. ^ "Forfarshire's New Pro". Dundee Evening Telegraph. 13 January 1949. p. 12. Retrieved 1 November 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  25. ^ "Alf Pope is New Forthill Pro". Dundee Courier. 10 January 1952. p. 5. Retrieved 1 November 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  26. ^ "Notes... By the Way". Kirriemuir Free Press and Angus Advertiser. 28 March 1957. p. 6. Retrieved 1 November 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  27. ^ "West Lothian Fail at Boghall". Linlithgowshire Gazette. 29 July 1960. p. 7. Retrieved 1 November 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  28. ^ "Dyson comes to Scotland". Aberdeen Evening Express. 22 February 1961. p. 14. Retrieved 1 November 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  29. ^ "Forfarshire break new ground". The Scotsman. 2 May 1964. p. 14. Retrieved 1 November 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  30. ^ "Forfarshire's New Pro". Broughty Ferry Guide and Advertiser. 27 December 1980. p. 10. Retrieved 1 November 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  31. ^ "Rainy start to East League". The Scotsman. 24 May 1982. p. 16. Retrieved 1 November 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  32. ^ "Johnston is Shire doubt". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 15 June 1985. p. 16. Retrieved 1 November 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  33. ^ "Smith's unbeaten 136 for improved Shire". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 18 June 1984. p. 17. Retrieved 1 November 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  34. ^ "New Professional". Broughty Ferry Guide and Advertiser. 23 May 1987. p. 11. Retrieved 1 November 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  35. ^ "Cricket". Dundee Evening Telegraph. 15 May 1992. p. 23. Retrieved 1 November 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  36. ^ "Richard Chee Quee Impresses". Broughty Ferry Guide and Advertiser. 8 May 1993. p. 13. Retrieved 1 November 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  37. ^ "Forfar put their faith in Drinnen". The Scotsman. 12 May 1994. p. 23. Retrieved 1 November 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  38. ^ "Kwik Cricket". Arbroath Herald. 7 July 1995. p. 35. Retrieved 1 November 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  39. ^ "Forfarshire lift". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 3 April 2004. p. 42. Retrieved 1 November 2025 – via the British Newspaper Archive.
  40. ^ "Forfs Down Under". Forfarshire Cricket Club. Broughty Ferry.
  41. ^ "Cricket:Watsonians undone by feisty Forfarshire fightback". The Scotsman. 5 July 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
  42. ^ "Forfarshire CC - 2023 Season". Forfarshire Cricket Club. Broughty Ferry. 10 February 2023.