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.
Military career
editMacDonald 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
editMacDonald 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
editMacDonald married Lilian Margaret Coke of Brimington Hall, Derbyshire in 1887 and settled at Bathford, near Bath.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Harry MacDonald". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
- ^ a b Charterhouse Register: Volume I, 1871-1892. London: Chiswick Press. 1911. p. 127.
- ^ "No. 24684". The London Gazette. 25 February 1879. p. 933.
- ^ "No. 25257". The London Gazette. 7 August 1883. p. 3917.
- ^ "No. 25692". The London Gazette. 15 April 1887. p. 2144.
- ^ "No. 26290". The London Gazette. 24 May 1892. p. 3073.
- ^ "Scorecard: Cambridge University v Somerset". www.cricketarchive.com. 11 June 1896. Retrieved 5 June 2011.