James Souter

James Stewart Souter (13 February 1923 – 21 October 1999) was an English first-class cricketer.

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]