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| country = England<br />
| full_name = James Stewart Souter<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1923|2|13}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kanpur]], [[United Provinces of British India|United Provinces]],<br>[[British India]] <br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1999|10|21|1923|2|13}}<br />
| death_place = [[St Leonards-on-Sea]], [[East Sussex]], England<br />
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| batting = Right-handed<br />
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| club1 = [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]]<br />
| year1 = 1948<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 3<br />
| runs1 = 47<br />
| bat avg1 = 23.50<br />
| 100s/50s1 = –/–<br />
| top score1 = 30<br />
| hidedeliveries = true<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–<br />
| date = 1 July<br />
| year = 2020<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/20936.html Cricinfo<br />
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'''James Stewart Souter''' (13 February 1923 – 21 October 1999) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er.<br />
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The son of the [[Scottish people|Scottish]] colonial administrator Sir Edward Souter, he was born at [[Kanpur]] in [[British India]]. He was educated in England at [[Haileybury and Imperial Service College|Haileybury]],<ref>{{cite book |title=Haileybury Register |date=1961 |publisher=Haileybury and Imperial Service College |pages=399 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OIcjAQAAIAAJ |language=en}}</ref> before going up to [[Brasenose College, Oxford]] in 1942.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bnc.ox.ac.uk/downloads/brazen_notes/summer_08.pdf |title=Brazen Notes |date=2008 |issue=7 |publisher=www.bnc.ox.ac.uk |accessdate=2020-07-01}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=36514|date=12 May 1944|page=2235|supp=y}}</ref> He served with the RAFVR until 1948, the year in which he was promoted to [[flying officer]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=38188|date=23 January 1948|page=647|supp=y}}</ref> He returned to Brasenose College in 1948, playing three [[first-class cricket]] matches for [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]] against the [[Free Foresters Cricket Club|Free Foresters]], [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] and [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] in 1948.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32937/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by James Souter |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-07-01 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored 47 runs in his three matches, with a high score of 30.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32937/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by James Souter |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-07-01 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> His brother, Ian, was killed in action during the war.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.twgpp.org/photograph/view/3197385 |title=Souter, Ian Matheson |publisher=www.twgpp.org |accessdate=2020-07-01}}</ref> He married Mary Atkinson at [[The Strand, London]] in 1948.<ref name="Wedding">{{cite news |title=Souter – Atkinson wedding announcement |url=https://postimg.cc/SjPwsBcq |access-date=24 December 2021 |publisher=Newspaper Index Cards, 1790–1976 |date=14 January 1948}}</ref> Souter died in [[St Leonards-on-Sea]], [[East Sussex]] on 21 October 1999, at the age of 76.<ref>{{cite web |title=James Souter |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32937/32937.html |website=Cricket Archive |access-date=7 January 2022}}</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
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[[Category:1923 births]]<br />
[[Category:1999 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Cricketers from Kanpur]]<br />
[[Category:People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College]]<br />
[[Category:Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford]]<br />
[[Category:Royal Air Force officers]]<br />
[[Category:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II]]<br />
[[Category:English cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Oxford University cricketers]]<br />
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