John Strachan (cricketer)

John Strachan
Personal information
Full name
John Harold Strachan
Born8 March 1896
Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England
Died1 December 1988(1988-12-01) (aged 92)
Collingwood, Ontario, Canada
BattingRight-handed
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 53
Batting average 26.50
100s/50s –/1
Top score 53
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 2 June 2019

John Harold Strachan MC (8 March 1896 – 1 December 1988) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

The son of Walter Strachan, he was born at Walton-on-Thames on 8 March 1896, and was educated at Charterhouse School.[1] His final year at Charterhouse coincided with the start of the First World War, and when he left he enlisted in the King's Own Scottish Borderers as a second lieutenant in March 1915.[2] He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in May 1917, antedated to July 1916.[3] He was awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty.[4]

With the war now over, he later played a single first-class cricket match for the Free Foresters against Cambridge University at Fenner's in 1926.[5] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed without scoring by Leonard Irvine, while in their second-innings he was promoted up the order to open, scoring 53 runs before being dismissed by the same bowler.[6] He later emigrated to Canada, where he died in December 1988 at Collingwood, Ontario.

  1. ^ "The Carthusian" (PDF). Charterhouse School. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  2. ^ "No. 29102". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 March 1915. p. 2632.
  3. ^ "No. 30788". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 May 1917. p. 4886.
  4. ^ "No. 30188". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 July 1917. p. 7246.
  5. ^ "First-Class Matches played by John Strachan". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Cambridge University v Free Foresters, 1926". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 June 2019.