Harry MacDonald (cricketer)

Harry Lindsay Somerled MacDonald (2 August 1861 – 15 August 1936) played first-class cricket for Somerset in 1896.[1] He was born in Westminster, London and died at Bathford, Somerset.

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Military career

MacDonald was the only son of Lieutenant-Colonel William MacDonald of the 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot.[2] He himself was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Fife division of the Royal Artillery in 1879.[3] In 1883, he was promoted from lieutenant to captain in the fourth brigade of the Scottish Division of the Royal Artillery.[4] He resigned his commission in 1887 and resigned from the reserve of officers in 1892.[5][6]

Cricket career

MacDonald played club cricket in the Bath area of Somerset in the 1890s. His one first-class match came in a very weak Somerset side in the match against Cambridge University in 1896: he scored 0 in the first innings and top-scored with an unbeaten 22 in the second innings, taking two catches in Cambridge's first innings.[7] He was one of four Somerset players making their first-class cricket debuts in this match; like him, two of the others, Douglas McLean and Alexander Barrett, never played first-class cricket again.

Outside cricket

MacDonald married Lilian Margaret Coke of Brimingham Hall, Derbyshire in 1887 and settled at Bathford, near Bath.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Harry MacDonald". www.cricketarchive.com. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3697/3697.html. Retrieved 2011-05-27. 
  2. ^ a b "Charterhouse Register 1872-1910". Accessed through www.familyrelatives.com. http://www.familyrelatives.com/search/charter_imageviewer.php?page=data_charterhouse.php&imageid=00000119.djvu&fn=&ln=MacDonald&vol=VolumeI&id=669. Retrieved 2011-06-05. 
  3. ^ London Gazette: no. 24684. p. 933. 1879-02-25.
  4. ^ London Gazette: no. 25257. p. 3917. 1883-08-07.
  5. ^ London Gazette: no. 25692. p. 2144. 1887-04-15.
  6. ^ London Gazette: no. 26290. p. 3073. 1892-05-24.
  7. ^ "Scorecard: Cambridge University v Somerset". www.cricketarchive.com. 1896-06-11. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/4/4548.html. Retrieved 2011-06-05.