List of Forfarshire cricket professionals

Forfarshire Cricket Club has employed many professionals since its foundation in 1880.

Professionals

• 
  Billy Ringrose was capped by Scotland whilst a Forfarshire professional
• 
  Liverpool legend Gordon Hodgson was one of a number of footballers to play for Forfarshire during the football off-season
• 
  Andrew Hilditch had played in three tests for Australia before he arrived at Forthill in 1981

Name Period Ref Charles Keeping 1880 [1] Peter Pullan 1881 [1] Joe Todd 1882 [1] Pat Higgins 1883-1915 [1] George Chambers 1901-1903 [2] 1906-1911 [3] Harry Bettison 1904 [4] Albert Mortimer 1905 [5] A. Drury 1906 [6] Billy Ringrose 1907-1912 [7] Joe Winyard 1913-1914 [8] Claude Buckenham 1914 [9] 1919-1921 [10] None 1915-1918 Hugh Claughton 1922-1923 [11] 1926-1927 [12] None 1924 [13] Frederick Hyland 1925 [14] George Wilson 1928-1931 [15] Frank Smailes 1931-1932 [16] Bill Andrews 1933-1934 [17] Gordon Hodgson 1935-1936 [18] Jim Cutmore 1936 [19] Harold Greenwood 1937 [20]

Name Period Ref George Lavis 1938-1939 [21] None 1940-1946 Bill Etherington 1947 [22] Tony Mills 1948 [23] Dickie Fuller 1949-1951 [24] Alf Pope 1952-1956 [25] Clairmonte Depeiaza 1957-1959 [26] Bob Bartels 1960 [27] Jack Dyson 1961-1962 [28] None 1963-1980 [29] Andrew Hilditch 1981 [30] Steve Bernard 1982 [31] 1985 [32] Gary Whitaker 1984 [33] Shishir Hattangadi 1987-1990 [34] Simon Mann 1992 [35] Richard Chee Quee 1993 [36] None 1994 [37] Peter Drinnen 1995-2003 [38] Luke Gleeson 2004 [39] Tom Cooper 2008 [40] Kelby Pickering 2009-2010 [41] Michael Leask 2023 [42]

References

1. "Fifty Years of Forfarshire Cricket" . Dundee Courier. 18 Apr 1930. p. 9. Retrieved 1 Sep 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Higgins's Understudy - Forfarshire's New Prof" . Dundee Evening Telegraph. 23 March 1901. p. 5. Retrieved 1 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Chambers to Remain in England" . Dundee Evening Telegraph. 27 December 1911. p. 5. Retrieved 1 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Forfarshire C.C.'s New Prof" . Dundee Evening Telegraph. 30 March 1904. p. 3. Retrieved 1 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
5. "A Famous Side of Stalwarts" . Dundee Courier. 20 April 1921. p. 6. Retrieved 1 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Another Prof for Forfarshire" . Dundee Evening Telegraph. 27 April 1906. p. 5. Retrieved 1 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Ringrose for Forfarshire" . Perthshire Courier. 28 August 1906. p. 4. Retrieved 1 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
8. "Joe Winyard is Today Definitely Fixed up as Pro. to Forfarshire C.C." . Dundee Evening Telegraph. 28 May 1913. p. 3. Retrieved 1 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
9. "Forfarshire C.C.'s Three Professionals" . Dundee Evening Telegraph. 22 April 1914. p. 5. Retrieved 1 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
10. "Forfarshire's Opening Pair" . Dundee Courier. 4 July 1921. p. 7. Retrieved 1 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
11. "Forfarshire C.C.'s New "Prof."" . Dundee Courier. 28 January 1922. p. 12. Retrieved 1 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
12. "Forfarshire C.C.'s Prof Arrives" . Dundee Evening Telegraph. 22 April 1926. p. 6. Retrieved 1 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
13. "Professionals in Scottish County Cricket" . Dundee Evening Telegraph. 30 June 1924. p. 9. Retrieved 1 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
14. "A Professional for Forfarshire C.C." . Dundee Courier. 20 October 1924. p. 3. Retrieved 1 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
15. "Forfarshire's New Professional" . Dundee Courier. 10 December 1927. p. 6. Retrieved 1 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
16. "Forthill Cricket Plans" . Dundee Courier. 11 March 1932. p. 10. Retrieved 1 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
17. "Forfarshire's New Prof" . Dundee Courier. 15 October 1932. p. 9. Retrieved 1 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
18. "Forfarshire C.C.'s New Professional" . Dundee Evening Telegraph. 27 September 1934. p. 8. Retrieved 1 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
19. "New Forfarshire Pro. Loses Cricket Bag" . Dundee Evening Telegraph. 7 August 1936. p. 3. Retrieved 1 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
20. "Greenwood's Great Century" . Broughty Ferry Guide and Advertiser. 21 August 1937. p. 10. Retrieved 1 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
21. "G. Lavis for Forthill" . Aberdeen Press and Journal. 22 September 1937. p. 4. Retrieved 1 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
22. "Forfarshire Pro. to Get Talent Money" . Dundee Evening Telegraph. 30 May 1947. p. 9. Retrieved 1 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
23. "New Pros. for Forthill and Mannofield" . Dundee Courier. 4 September 1947. p. 4. Retrieved 1 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
24. "Forfarshire's New Pro" . Dundee Evening Telegraph. 13 January 1949. p. 12. Retrieved 1 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
25. "Alf Pope is New Forthill Pro" . Dundee Courier. 10 January 1952. p. 5. Retrieved 1 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
26. "Notes... By the Way" . Kirriemuir Free Press and Angus Advertiser. 28 March 1957. p. 6. Retrieved 1 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
27. "West Lothian Fail at Boghall" . Linlithgowshire Gazette. 29 July 1960. p. 7. Retrieved 1 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
28. "Dyson comes to Scotland" . Aberdeen Evening Express. 22 February 1961. p. 14. Retrieved 1 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
29. "Forfarshire break new ground" . The Scotsman. 2 May 1964. p. 14. Retrieved 1 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
30. "Forfarshire's New Pro" . Broughty Ferry Guide and Advertiser. 27 December 1980. p. 10. Retrieved 1 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
31. "Rainy start to East League" . The Scotsman. 24 May 1982. p. 16. Retrieved 1 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
32. "Johnston is Shire doubt" . Aberdeen Press and Journal. 15 June 1985. p. 16. Retrieved 1 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
33. "Smith's unbeaten 136 for improved Shire" . Aberdeen Press and Journal. 18 June 1984. p. 17. Retrieved 1 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
34. "New Professional" . Broughty Ferry Guide and Advertiser. 23 May 1987. p. 11. Retrieved 1 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
35. "Cricket" . Dundee Evening Telegraph. 15 May 1992. p. 23. Retrieved 1 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
36. "Richard Chee Quee Impresses" . Broughty Ferry Guide and Advertiser. 8 May 1993. p. 13. Retrieved 1 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
37. "Forfar put their faith in Drinnen" . The Scotsman. 12 May 1994. p. 23. Retrieved 1 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
38. "Kwik Cricket" . Arbroath Herald. 7 July 1995. p. 35. Retrieved 1 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
39. "Forfarshire lift" . Aberdeen Press and Journal. 3 April 2004. p. 42. Retrieved 1 November 2025– via the British Newspaper Archive.
40. "Forfs Down Under". Forfarshire Cricket Club. Broughty Ferry.
41. "Cricket:Watsonians undone by feisty Forfarshire fightback". The Scotsman. 5 July 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
42. "Forfarshire CC - 2023 Season". Forfarshire Cricket Club. Broughty Ferry. 10 February 2023.