William Macpherson (cricketer)

William Douglas Lawson Macpherson (15 May 1841 at Camberwell, London – 24 February 1920 at Silverton, Devon) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1870 to 1871 for Gloucestershire, and a school administrator. He was a right-handed batsman (RHB) and an occasional wicket-keeper who made 3 first-class career appearances.[1]

In 1864, Macpherson was appointed Secretary (also sometimes serving as Treasurer)[2] of the Council of Clifton College, Bristol, and lived at Clifton.[3][4][5] His sons- K. D. W. Macpherson (a Rear-Admiral in the Royal Navy),[6][7] A. G. Macpherson (a schoolmaster at Newton Abbot College), and C. G. Macpherson (a solicitor)- were educated at Clifton College.[8]

References
  1. CricketArchive. Retrieved on 2 December 2010.
  2. The Cliftonian, Clifton College, 1877, p. 46
  3. Clifton College Register, A List of Cliftonians from September, 1862 to July, 1887, ed. E. M. Oakeley, Rivingtons, 1890, p. 16
  4. Kelly's Directory of Somersetshire with the City of Bristol, ed. E. R. Kelly, M.A., Kelly & Co., London, 1883, p. 764
  5. The Clifton Magazine, 150th Anniversary Edition, Clifton College, 2012, p. 2
  6. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7604037
  7. http://www.admirals.org.uk/admirals/individual.php?RecNo=702
  8. Clifton College Annals and Register 1862-1912, ed. Frank Borwick, Clifton College, 1912, pp. 285, 295, 360

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