David Pigot (cricketer, born 1929)

David Richard Pigot (18 July 1929 – 8 June 1996) was an Irish first-class cricketer.

Pigot was born at Dublin to Meta Violet Blood-Smyth, and her husband, the cricketer David Pigot, Sr..[1] He was educated in Dublin at Blackrock College, before going up to Trinity College, Dublin.[2] After completing his studies, he worked as a partner in the legal firm Arthur Cox & Company.[2][1]

Playing his club cricket for Phoenix,[2] at the age of 36 he debuted for Ireland in July 1966 in a minor match against Middlesex.[2][3] Later that month he made his debut in first-class cricket against Scotland at Edinburgh.[4] He opened the batting for Ireland over the next decade,[2] making eleven appearances in first-class cricket, with his last match coming aged 46 against Scotland at Dublin.[4] He scored 406 runs in first-class cricket, averaging 19.33, with a high score of 88.[5] This score, one of two half centuries he made, came against Scotland in 1970.[6] He played club cricket in Dublin for 45 years, scoring 14,423 runs in Leinster Senior League cricket, a record only exceeded by Ginger O'Brien.[2]

He died following a short battle with cancer at Dublin in June 1996.[7][8] He was buried at Glasnevin Cemetery.[1] His great great grandfather was the judge David Richard Pigot,[2] while his grandfather, John Henry Pigot, was the president of the Irish Cricket Union from 1925–1928.[9]