Patrick James Oliphant TD (19 March 1914 — 1 January 1979) was a Scottish first-class cricketer, officer in the Territorial Army, solicitor, and director in the banking industry. The son of Kenneth Oliphant, he was born at Edinburgh in March 1914. He was educated at The Edinburgh Academy, where he captained the academy cricket team in 1931 and 1932, and excelled in history. From there he matriculated to Trinity College, Oxford. He was commissioned into the Territorial Army (TA) as a second lieutenant with the 78 (Lowland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (RA) in February 1936, with seniority antedated to August 1934. Oliphant played club cricket for Edinburgh Academicals and He made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Scotland against Ireland at Belfast in 1937. Batting twice in