Donald Morgan

Lt. Donald Lindsay Morgan (5 November 1888 22 January 1969) was an English cricketer who played two first-class matches for Gloucestershire in 1907.

Donald Morgan
Personal information
Full name
Donald Lindsay Morgan
Born(1888-11-05)5 November 1888
Tientsin, China
Died22 January 1969(1969-01-22) (aged 80)
Pasadena, California, United States
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1907Gloucestershire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 3
Batting average 0.75
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 2
Catches/stumpings 7/–
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

  1. 1914–19 Roll of Honour Archived 9 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine - Mill Hill School. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  2. Somerset vs Gloucestershire, 29–31 July 1907, at the County Ground, Taunton - CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  3. Gloucestershire vs Middlesex, 1–3 August 1907, at Ashley Down Ground, Bristol - CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
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