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Alexander Clark Ford Шаблон:Postnominal (8 November 1900 — 8 February 1986) was a Scottish first-class cricketer and veterinarian.

The second son of James Ford,[1] he was born at Uddingston in November 1900. A club cricketer for Uddingston and later Grange,[2] he made two appearances in first-class cricket for Scotland. The first came against Ireland at Dundee in 1924, with the second coming against Lancashire at Old Trafford on Scotland's 1925 tour of England.[3] He scored 18 runs in his two matches and took a single wicket.[4][5] Outside of cricket, Ford was a veterinarian by profession and was admitted to the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in 1925.[6][7] In 1934, he was elected to Linlithgow Town Council. He was a magistrate in the town and later a police judge.[8] Ford died at Broxburn in February 1986. His had two sons who were also sportsmen: Donald who played football for Hearts, and Malcolm who played first-class cricket for Scotland.[6]

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  1. Marriages. Linlithgowshire Gazette. 14 April 1933. p. 4
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  8. New Provost for Linlithgow. Falkirk Herald. 9 November 1940. p. 5