Harold McDonell Cricketer
Harold Clark McDonell (19 September 1882 – 23 July 1965) was an English cricketer. McDonell was a right-handed batsman who was a leg break bowler who played as an all-rounder. McDonell was educated at Winchester College, where he represented the college cricket team. McDonell made his first-class debut for Surrey against Hampshire in 1901. McDonell would not represent Surrey until 1903, when he resumed his career with the county. McDonell continued to play for Surrey until 1904, with his final first-class match for the county coming against the touring South Africans. McDonell played 13 first-class matches for Surrey, scoring 269 runs at a batting average of 14.15 and a high score of 46. With the ball McDonell took 41 wickets at a bowling average of 21.75, with 2 five wicket hauls and best figures of 7/44 against Gloucestershire in 1904. McDonell not only played for Surrey during this period, but also Cambridge University, for whom he made his debut for in 1902 against HDG Leveson-Gower's XI. From 1902 to 1905 McDonell represented the University in 31 first-class matches, with his final first-class match for the University coming in the 1905 season against Oxford University. In his 31 matches for the University, McDonell scored 898 runs at a batting average of 16.62, with three half centuries and a high score of 78 against Gloucestershire in 1905. With the ball McDonell took 117 wickets at a bowling average of 20.15, with 8 five wicket hauls, a single ten wicket haul in a match and best figures of 8/83 against Surrey in 1904. McDonell was awarded a Cambridge Blue for his performances for the University. In 1905 McDonell toured North America with the Marylebone Cricket Club, where he played 2 matches against the Gentlemen of Philadelphia. Three years would pass before McDonell would play first-class cricket again. McDonell joined Hampshire in 1908, making his debut for the county against Worcestershire in the County Championship. McDonell played 78 first-class matches for Hampshire, firstly from 1908 to 1914 until the First World War brought an end to first-class cricket; then from 1919 to 1921, with his final first-class match for Hampshire coming against Warwickshire in the 1921 County Championship. In his 78 first-class matches for the county McDonell scored 1,747 runs at a batting average of 16.17, with 6 half centuries and a high score of 76 against Somerset in 1913. An all-rounder, with the ball McDonell took 263 wickets at a bowling average of 22.43, with 11 five wicket hauls, a single ten wicket haul in a match and best figures of 7/47 against Somerset in 1914. In the field McDonell took 69 catches for Hampshire. As well as playing first-class matches for those teams already mentioned, McDonell also represented the Gentlemen in Gentlemen v Players fixtures of 1903 and 1914. In addition McDonell played first-class matches for Gentlemen of England, Gentlemen of the South and PF Warner's XI. In McDonell's overall first-class career he scored 3,005 runs at a batting average of 15.73, with 9 half centuries and a high score of 78. With the ball McDonell took 443 wickets at a bowling average of 21.91, with 22 five wicket hauls, 3 ten wicket hauls in a match and best figures of 8/83. In the field McDonell took a combined total of 124 catches. McDonell died on July 23, 1965 at Onich in the Scottish Highlands.