Malcolm Ford

James Malcolm Clark Ford was a Scottish first-class cricketer.
The son of the cricketer Alexander Ford, he was born in Edinburgh in December 1936. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy. A club cricketer for West Lothian Cricket Club, Ford made his debut for Scotland in first-class cricket against Ireland at Paisley in 1960. He played first-class cricket for Scotland until 1966, making ten appearances. In these matches, he scored a total of 235 runs at an average of 18.07; he made one half century, a score of 50 against Ireland in 1961. Besides playing, Ford scored in a match between Scotland and Warwickshire in 1965. Outside of cricket he was employed as a sales representative. Toward the end of his life, Ford struggled with alcoholism and succumbed to its effects in April 1987. His brother was the footballer Donald Ford.