Cricket Scotland

Scotland Cap Oldest Players

(Age on final day of their last Scotland Cap match)

Years	Days
56	136	LM Balfour-Melville	Scotland v Ireland	College Park, Dublin	1910
52	275	W Clark	Scotland v Marylebone Cricket Club	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1958
52	253	HJ Preston	Scotland v Sir J Cahn's XI	Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow	1936
49	92	JM Graham	Scotland v South Africans	Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow	1924
49	56	J Greive	Scotland v Sir J Cahn's XI	Stanford Hall, Stanford	1935
48	129	D Buchanan	Scotland v England XI	Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh	1878
48	73	J Kerr	Scotland v Ireland	Ormeau, Belfast	1933
48	32	RW Sievwright	Scotland v Australians	Raeburn Place, Edinburgh	1930
48	7	BGW Atkinson	Scotland v Australians	Mannofield Park, Aberdeen	1948
46	260	JF Bennett	Scotland v Marylebone Cricket Club	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1865
46	106	AE Sellers	Scotland v Marylebone Cricket Club	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1922
46	38	CL Parfitt	Scotland v Marylebone Cricket Club	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1990
45	167	FC Benham	Scotland v Yorkshire	The Circle, Hull	1949
45	124	J Thomson	Scotland v Ireland	Castle Avenue, Dublin	1985
45	92	GF Goddard	Scotland v Marylebone Cricket Club	Titwood, Glasgow	1983
45	43	WMR Drinnan	Scotland v Ireland	Raeburn Place, Edinburgh	1928
45	10	TR Crosskey	Scotland v Yorkshire	Raeburn Place, Edinburgh	1950
44	236	CT Mannes	Scotland v Nottinghamshire	Raeburn Place, Edinburgh	1908
44	236	CS Paterson	Scotland v Ireland	College Park, Dublin	1927
44	31	RHE Chisholm	Scotland v Ireland	Ormeau, Belfast	1971
44	24	GLD Hole	Scotland v Australians	Raeburn Place, Edinburgh	1926
44	21	AW Evans	Scotland v Ireland	Observatory Lane, Rathmines, Dublin	1888
43	220	F Barkham	Scotland v Yorkshire	The Circle, Hull	1949
43	188	WR Sharp	Scotland v South Africans	Raeburn Place, Edinburgh	1904
43	180	W Nichol	Scotland v Marylebone Cricket Club	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1956
43	169	JF Mendl	Scotland v Worcestershire	Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow	1955
43	71	JD Love	Scotland v England and Wales Cricket Board XI	Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow	1998
43	64	J Aitchison	Scotland v Ireland	Beechgrove, Londonderry	1963
42	282	DCR Buchanan	Scotland v Birkenhead Park	Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow	1868
42	237	WW Anderson	Scotland v New Zealanders	McKane Park, Dunfermline	1937
42	231	GT Forbes	Scotland v Warwickshire	Mannofield Park, Aberdeen	1949
42	225	BK Kunderan	Scotland v Northamptonshire	Titwood, Glasgow	1982
42	167	P King	Scotland v England XI	Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh	1878
42	89	AM Zuill	Scotland v Sri Lankans	Shawholm, Glasgow	1979
42	61	JH Melville	Scotland v Sir J Cahn's XI	West Park, West Bridgford	1937
42	30	JS Pender	Scotland v Cheltenham College Wanderers	Edinburgh Academicals Ground, Raeburn Place, Edinburgh	1870
42	15	TR Marshall	Scotland v Gloucestershire	Raeburn Place, Edinburgh	1891
42	2	AF Mathie-Morton	Scotland v Marylebone Cricket Club	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood	1922

The list shows 38 occurrences of players aged 42 years or more