Alexander Cairns (cricketer)

New Zealand cricketer

Alexander Cairns

Personal information

Full name|

Alexander Edmond Cairns

Born| (1850-04-23)23 April 1850
Newlands, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Died| 16 June 1936(1936-06-16) (aged 86)
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Batting| Right-handed
Domestic team information
Years| Team
1867/68–1870/71| Otago

Source: Cricinfo, 5 May 2016

Alexander Cairns (23 April 1850 – 16 June 1936) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played three first-class matches for Otago between the 1867–68 and 1870–71 seasons.[1] All three matches he played in were against Canterbury and were the only first-class matches played in New Zealand during these seasons, although Cairns did not play in the 1869–70 season's match between the two sides. He scored a total of 39 runs and took eight wickets.[2]

Cairns was born at Newlands near Glasgow in Scotland and educated at Otago Boys' High School in Dunedin. He worked as an employee of railway companies. His brother Henry Cairns also played for Otago.[3] Cairns died at Dunedin in 1936 aged 86.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Alexander Cairns". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
2. ^ Alexander Cairns, CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2023. (subscription required)
3. ^ McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 29. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2

## External links

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* Alexander Cairns at ESPNcricinfo

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