William Macgregor (cricketer)
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| Born | 23 February 1888 St Kilda, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 October 1980 (aged 92) Benalla, Victoria | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricket Archive, 4 July 2016 | |||||||||||||||
William Macgregor (23 February 1888 – 5 October 1980) was an Australian cricketer, veterinarian and grazier.
Life and career
[edit]A wicket-keeper, Macgregor played four games of first-class cricket for the Australian cricket team in New Zealand in 1913–14, including one against New Zealand.[1] He never played first-class cricket in Australia. Apart from this tour, his cricket career consisted of several seasons with University in the Melbourne competition.
He graduated from the University of Melbourne as a Licentiate in Veterinary Science in 1915.[2] He served with the Australian Army Veterinary Corps as a captain in World War I, leaving Australia in November 1915 and returning in January 1919. He was twice mentioned in despatches.[3]
MacGregor married May Dare in Hampstead, London, in November 1916.[4] They had one son. He bought and ran a grazing property, Tatong Estate, at Tatong in north-eastern Victoria, while his wife stayed in Melbourne. She divorced him in 1933 on the grounds of desertion.[5][6] In March 1951 he married Kathleen Cadwallader in Melbourne.[7]
MacGregor served as a councillor on the Benalla Shire Council from the 1930s to the 1950s, and was Shire President in the 1930s and 1940s.[8][9] He died in Benalla in October 1980.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "New Zealand v Australia 1913-14". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
- ^ The University of Melbourne, Veterinary School Prospectus 1918, Melbourne, 1918, p. 21.
- ^ AIF Project: William Macgregor
- ^ "Marriages". The Argus: 1. 27 January 1917.
- ^ "Divorce Decrees Granted". The Herald: 10. 31 July 1933.
- ^ "MacGregor v MacGregor 1933". Ancestry.com.au. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ "Personalities". Benalla Ensign: 9. 8 March 1951.
- ^ "Cr. MacGregor Reappointed President". Benalla Ensign: 5. 13 September 1940.
- ^ "Cr. Coish Resigns". Benalla Ensign: 10. 12 August 1954.
- ^ "William MacGregor". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
External links
[edit]- William Macgregor at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- William Macgregor at ESPNcricinfo
- 1888 births
- 1980 deaths
- Cricketers from Melbourne
- Australian cricketers
- Australian veterinarians
- University of Melbourne alumni
- Australian military personnel of World War I
- Victoria (state) local councillors
- Australian pastoralists
- Wicket-keepers
- Military personnel from Melbourne
- People from St Kilda, Victoria