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[]

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