Lt. Donald Lindsay Morgan (5 November 1888 – 22 January 1969) was an English cricketer who played two first-class matches for Gloucestershire in 1907.
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| Full name | Donald Lindsay Morgan | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 November 1888 Tientsin, China | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 January 1969 (aged 80) Pasadena, California, United States | ||||||||||||||
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| 1907 | Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 11 July 2011 | |||||||||||||||
Morgan was born in Tientsin, China. He attended Mill Hill School in London from 1902 to 1907.[1] In his first-class match, against Somerset, he scored a single run in the first innings before being dismissed for a duck in his team's second innings of 37, one of five ducks in the innings.[2] He took five catches in the match, including four in the first innings. In his second match, against Middlesex, he scored 2 and 0, being dismissed in the second innings by Frank Tarrant, who took 9/41.[3] He took three catches in the match. He was commissioned a lieutenant in the United Provinces Light Horse, and was stationed in Baghdad during the First World War as part of the Mesopotamian campaign.[1] He later emigrated to California, and died in Pasadena in 1969.
References edit
- ^ a b 1914–19 Roll of Honour Archived 9 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine - Mill Hill School. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ^ Somerset vs Gloucestershire, 29–31 July 1907, at the County Ground, Taunton - CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ^ Gloucestershire vs Middlesex, 1–3 August 1907, at Ashley Down Ground, Bristol - CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 July 2011.