David Nichol (25 August 1914 – 17 December 1995) was a Scottish first-class

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er. Nichol was born at

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in August 1914 and was educated at

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. A

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er for Gala, Nichol was selected for the Scottish team to play

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in 1952, having originally not been a member of the squad for this match. Playing alongside his elder brother

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, he took the wickets of Willie Watson and

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in the Yorkshire first innings for the cost of 61 runs. Batting twice in the match from the tail, he was dismissed for 4 runs in the Scotland first innings by Bill Holdsworth, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 2 runs by Ronald Wood. Nichol died at

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in December 1995. His younger brother,

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, was also a first-class cricketer.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nichol, David 1914 births 1995 deaths Sportspeople from Galashiels Cricketers from the Scottish Borders People educated at Galashiels Academy Scottish cricketers