John Archibald McDonald (29 May 1882 – 4 June 1961) was an English

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er who played first-class cricket for

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in 1905 and 1906. McDonald was born in

Belper Belper is a town and civil parish in the local government district of Amber Valley in Derbyshire, England, located about north of Derby on the River Derwent. As well as Belper itself, the parish also includes the village of Milford and the ha ...

. He made his debut for Derbyshire during the 1905 season, playing against

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. McDonald scored a career-high score of 21 runs in his debut first-class innings, but the team slipped to a defeat. McDonald played two further first-class matches for Derbyshire during the 1906 season. He was a right-handed batsman and played 6 innings in 3 first-class matches with a top score of 21 and an average of 9.50 McDonald died in

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in 1961, at the age of 79.John McDonald
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