James Martin (Scottish cricketer)

James David Martin (1 July 1901 — 19 March 1988) was a Scottish first-class cricketer and administrator.

Martin was born in July 1901 in Edinburgh and was educated there at George Watson's College. A club cricketer for Watsonians Cricket Club, he made his debut for Scotland in first-class cricket against Ireland at Greenock in 1926. He made two further appearances in first-class cricket for Scotland in 1929, against Ireland at Dublin and the touring South Africans at Perth.[1] Playing on the Scottish side as a batsman, he scored 101 runs at an average of 25.25;[2] he made one half-century, a score of 88 against Ireland in 1929.[3] Martin later served as the president of the Scottish Cricket Union in 1947, succeeding William Anderson.[4] Outside of cricket, he was a grain merchant by profession. Martin died in Edinburgh in March 1988.