David Macindoe
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Major David Henry Macindoe M.C.
(1 September 1917 – 3 March 1986) was an English
cricket
er. Macindoe was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast
. His bowling was characterised with a long run-up and a high arm action. The son of Patrick Macindoe and Cicely Broadbent, he was born in Eton
, Buckinghamshire
and educated at Eton School.
While studying at Christ Church, Oxford
, Macindoe made his first-class
debut for Oxford University
against Gloucestershire
in 1937. He made the majority of his first-class appearances for the university prior to World War II
, making 31 appearances between 1937 and 1939. During this period he took 118 wickets, which came at a respectable average
of 28.92. His debut season was his most successful, with him taking 44 wickets at 24.40. A compotent lower order batsman, he had his best season with the bat in the 1939 season
, scoring 296 runs for the university at a batting average
of 29.90, with a high score of 51. He scored both of his first-class fifties in this season, with the score of 51 coming against the Minor Counties. He played a first-class match for the Gentlemen
in 1937, becoming the first freshman since Sammy Woods
in 1888 to be selected for the Gentlemen. He also played once for the Gentlemen of England in 1938 against the touring Australians.
Prior to the war, Macindoe also played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire
, making his debut for the county in the 1937 Minor Counties Championship against Hertfordshire
. With university commitments, he played infrequently for the county, making eight appearances.
, by 1940 he was serving in the Royal Artillery
holding the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. He was awarded the Military Cross
in 1945, with an announcement being made in the London Gazette
on 10 April 1945. He left the military in September 1946, upon resigning his commission he was honourably granted the rank of Major.
After the war he returned to Christ Church, Oxford, where in 1946 he was the President of the university's Vincent's Club
. Returning to the university cricket team, he made ten further first-class appearances for Oxford University in 1946, the last of which came against Cambridge University
. In the 1946 season
, he took 34 wickets at an average of 27.23, with best figures of 6/61, which came against Lancashire
. This brought the total number of wickets he took for Oxford University to 149, which came at an average of 27.80. His total number of runs scored for the university stood at 747 runs at an average of 14.94. After the war he also resumed playing for Buckinghamshire, playing for the county in the 1947 season
and making ten appearances in that season.
In 1949, he began his teaching career at Eton College, where in his youth he had been educated. He taught English
and Latin
, as well as coaching cricket at the college. He was part of the Territorial Army in 1952, which coincided with him heading the Combined Cadet Force
at Eton. His role as master
of college lasted until 1960. Macindoe along with Claude Taylor
, who was his predecessor in the cricket role at Eton, as well as his former Buckinghamshire teammate, was the joint-author of the book Cricket Dialogue. He ended his teaching career as the Vice-Provost
of Eton.
and Lady Eileen Wellesley, in 1944. The couple had four children. Their first child, Peter, was born in 1944 and died in 1947. Macindoe died suddenly in Eton on 3 March 1986, having suffered a heart attack. His wife survived him by nine years.
Military Cross
The Military Cross is the third-level military decoration awarded to officers and other ranks of the British Armed Forces; and formerly also to officers of other Commonwealth countries....
(1 September 1917 – 3 March 1986) was an English
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. Macindoe was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast
Seam bowling
Seam bowling is a phrase used for a bowling technique in cricket whereby the ball is deliberately bowled on to its seam, to cause a random deviation. Practitioners are known as seam bowlers or seamers....
. His bowling was characterised with a long run-up and a high arm action. The son of Patrick Macindoe and Cicely Broadbent, he was born in Eton
Eton, Berkshire
Eton is a town and civil parish in Berkshire, England, lying on the opposite bank of the River Thames to Windsor and connected to it by Windsor Bridge. The parish also includes the large village of Eton Wick, 2 miles west of the town, and has a population of 4,980. Eton was in Buckinghamshire until...
, Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....
and educated at Eton School.
First-class debut
Christ Church, Oxford
Christ Church or house of Christ, and thus sometimes known as The House), is one of the largest constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England...
, Macindoe made his first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
debut for Oxford University
Oxford University Cricket Club
Oxford University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team, representing the University of Oxford. It plays its home games at the University Parks in Oxford, England...
against Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
in 1937. He made the majority of his first-class appearances for the university prior to World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, making 31 appearances between 1937 and 1939. During this period he took 118 wickets, which came at a respectable average
Bowling average
Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket.A bowler's bowling average is defined as the total number of runs conceded by the bowlers divided by the number of wickets taken by the bowler, so the lower the average the better. It is similar to earned...
of 28.92. His debut season was his most successful, with him taking 44 wickets at 24.40. A compotent lower order batsman, he had his best season with the bat in the 1939 season
1939 English cricket season
The 1939 English cricket season was the last before the Second World War and it was not until 1946 that first-class cricket could resume in England on a normal basis....
, scoring 296 runs for the university at a batting average
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
of 29.90, with a high score of 51. He scored both of his first-class fifties in this season, with the score of 51 coming against the Minor Counties. He played a first-class match for the Gentlemen
Gentlemen v Players
The Gentlemen v Players game was a first-class cricket match that was generally played on an annual basis between one team consisting of amateurs and one of professionals . The first two games took place in 1806 but the fixture was not revived until 1819. It was more or less annual thereafter...
in 1937, becoming the first freshman since Sammy Woods
Sammy Woods
Samuel Moses James "Sammy" Woods was an Australian sportsman who represented both Australia and England at Test cricket, and appeared thirteen times for England at rugby union, including five times as captain. He also played at county level in England at both soccer and hockey...
in 1888 to be selected for the Gentlemen. He also played once for the Gentlemen of England in 1938 against the touring Australians.
Prior to the war, Macindoe also played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club
Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Buckinghamshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy. The Minor Counties play...
, making his debut for the county in the 1937 Minor Counties Championship against Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire County Cricket Club
Hertfordshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Hertfordshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy...
. With university commitments, he played infrequently for the county, making eight appearances.
World War II and after
Macindoe served in World War IIWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, by 1940 he was serving in the Royal Artillery
Royal Artillery
The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery , is the artillery arm of the British Army. Despite its name, it comprises a number of regiments.-History:...
holding the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. He was awarded the Military Cross
Military Cross
The Military Cross is the third-level military decoration awarded to officers and other ranks of the British Armed Forces; and formerly also to officers of other Commonwealth countries....
in 1945, with an announcement being made in the London Gazette
London Gazette
The London Gazette is one of the official journals of record of the British government, and the most important among such official journals in the United Kingdom, in which certain statutory notices are required to be published...
on 10 April 1945. He left the military in September 1946, upon resigning his commission he was honourably granted the rank of Major.
After the war he returned to Christ Church, Oxford, where in 1946 he was the President of the university's Vincent's Club
Vincent's Club
Vincent's Club is a sports club predominantly but not exclusively for Oxford Blues at Oxford University.The club was founded in 1863 by the oarsman Walter Bradford Woodgate of Brasenose College, Oxford, and he was the first president of the club...
. Returning to the university cricket team, he made ten further first-class appearances for Oxford University in 1946, the last of which came against Cambridge University
Cambridge University Cricket Club
Cambridge University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team. It now plays all but one of its first-class cricket matches as part of the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence , which includes Anglia Ruskin University...
. In the 1946 season
1946 English cricket season
The 1946 English cricket season was the first full season of first-class cricket to be played in England after World War II. It featured a three-match Test series between England and India, which was arranged at short notice...
, he took 34 wickets at an average of 27.23, with best figures of 6/61, which came against Lancashire
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...
. This brought the total number of wickets he took for Oxford University to 149, which came at an average of 27.80. His total number of runs scored for the university stood at 747 runs at an average of 14.94. After the war he also resumed playing for Buckinghamshire, playing for the county in the 1947 season
1947 English cricket season
The 1947 English cricket season is remembered for the batting performances of Denis Compton and Bill Edrich who established seasonal records that, with the subsequent reduction in the number of first-class matches, will probably never be broken...
and making ten appearances in that season.
In 1949, he began his teaching career at Eton College, where in his youth he had been educated. He taught English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
, as well as coaching cricket at the college. He was part of the Territorial Army in 1952, which coincided with him heading the Combined Cadet Force
Combined Cadet Force
The Combined Cadet Force is a Ministry of Defence sponsored youth organisation in the United Kingdom. Its aim is to "provide a disciplined organisation in a school so that pupils may develop powers of leadership by means of training to promote the qualities of responsibility, self reliance,...
at Eton. His role as master
Master (college)
A Master is the title of the head of some colleges and other educational institutions. This applies especially at some colleges and institutions at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge .- See also :* Master A Master (or in female form Mistress) is the title of the head of some...
of college lasted until 1960. Macindoe along with Claude Taylor
Claude Taylor (cricketer)
Claude Hilary Taylor was an English cricketer. Taylor was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break googly. He was born in Leicester, Leicestershire....
, who was his predecessor in the cricket role at Eton, as well as his former Buckinghamshire teammate, was the joint-author of the book Cricket Dialogue. He ended his teaching career as the Vice-Provost
Provost (education)
A provost is the senior academic administrator at many institutions of higher education in the United States, Canada and Australia, the equivalent of a pro-vice-chancellor at some institutions in the United Kingdom and Ireland....
of Eton.
Personal life
Macindoe married Jane Orde, the daughter of Captain Cuthbert OrdeCuthbert Orde
Captain Cuthbert Julian Orde was an artist and First World War pilot. He is best known for his war art, especially his portraits of Allied Battle of Britain pilots.-Family background:...
and Lady Eileen Wellesley, in 1944. The couple had four children. Their first child, Peter, was born in 1944 and died in 1947. Macindoe died suddenly in Eton on 3 March 1986, having suffered a heart attack. His wife survived him by nine years.
External links
- David Macindoe at ESPNcricinfo
- David Macindoe at CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...