About ESCA
The East of Scotland Cricket Association (ESCA) manages amateur cricket in the east of Scotland.
From Hawick in the South to Dunnikier in the North, Dunbar in the East and Westquarter in the West, the ESCA covers a wide range of clubs forming 8 divisions of amateur cricket.
ESCA comes under the overall National Governing body umbrella of Cricket Scotland.
Presidents of ESCA
- 2023 – current Kashif Hussain
- 2018 – 2023 Neil Granger
- 2016 – 2018 David Gibson
- 2014 – 2016 Phil Yelland
- 2011 – 2014 Paul Bailey
- 2009 – 2011 Bruce Dixon
- 2007 – 2009 Jim Brims
- 2005 – 2007 Jim McFadyen
- 2002 – 2005 Stewart Oliver
- 2001 – 2002 Bill Polson
- 1999 – 2001 Roddy Gibson
- 1997 – 1999 Bill Polson
- 1995 – 1997 Douglas Goddard
- 1993 – 1995 David Christie
- 1991 – 1993 Duncan Walker
- 1989 – 1991 Billy Law
- 1987 – 1989 Peter McLaren
- 1985 – 1987 Alun Davies
- 1983 – 1985 John W. Everett
- 1981 – 1983 Hugh Kilpatrick
- 1979 – 1981 Eric Mentiplay
- 1977 – 1979 Douglas Lawrence
- 1975 – 1977 Alastair Mackintosh
- 1973 – 1975 Fred Dall
- 1971 – 1973 Archie Bell
- 1969 – 1971 Douglas Wilson
- 1967 – 1969 George Miller
- 1965 – 1967 J. G. Walker
- 1963 – 1965 D. W. M. Gillies
- 1961 – 1963 Sandy Thorburn
- 1959 – 1961 W. (Bill) Gosman
- 1957 – 1959 Eddie Wilson
- 1955 – 1957 Alex Bateman
- 1953 – 1955 D. Maclachlan
- 1953 – 1953 B. R. Tod
- 1950 – 1952 P. F. Hutton
- 1948 – 1950 James Brown
- 1946 – 1948 D. M. Clark
- 1945 – 1946 Lindsay Mitchell
Activities were suspended during World War 2 from November 1940 to December 1945
- 1938 – 1940 Lindsay Mitchell
- 1935 – 1938 J. W. S. McCrow
- 1933 – 1935 Hon. R. B. Watson
Thanks to Alan Veitch (Stewart’s Melville) for his efforts in collating the history and keeping track. His handy work can be seen here: ESCA Officials 1933 to 2020