Ian Akers-Douglas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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cricketer
Date of Birth: 16-Nov-1909
Place of Birth: Kensington, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 16-Dec-1952
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Ian Akers-Douglas
- Ian Stanley Akers-Douglas (16 November 1909 – 16 December 1952) was an English amateur cricketer.
- He was a right-handed batsman who played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Kent County Cricket Club between 1929 and 1938.
- He was born in Kensington and died in Frant. Akers-Douglas' father was the second son of Aretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount Chilston.
- His maternal grandfather was Stanley Christopherson, who played cricket once for England, and his great-uncle was Percy Christopherson who played twice for Kent.
- He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford.
- His cricketing career began with one match for the Kent Second XI in the 1928 Minor Counties Championship before making his first-class debut for Oxford University in 1929.
- He played in three matches for the university before making his Kent debut in the same summer against Warwickshire.
- He played four further County Championship matches for the team in the 1929 season. Akers-Douglas returned to play for Oxford in 1930 and made four appearances for Kent in the County Championship during the 1930 season.
- He spent 1931 and 1933 out of the team, save for one single first-class match, though 1932 saw him score his debut century for the side, his career-best first-class score of 123.
- He played frequently during 1934 and 1936, but in 1935, 1937 and 1938 played just a single first-class game in each year. Following the close of the 1938 season, Akers-Douglas played just one further cricket match for Kent, against the Rest of England. Akers-Douglas' cousin Eric Akers-Douglas, 3rd Viscount Chilston, died in 1982 without children, so Ian Akers-Douglas' son Alastair became 4th Viscount Chilston.
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