Everything about Archie Maclaren totally explained
Archibald (Archie)
Campbell MacLaren (born
1 December 1871 in
Manchester,
Lancashire, died
17 November 1944 in
Bracknell,
Berkshire) went to
Harrow. He was an
English cricketer, who played for England and
Lancashire.
His best
first-class cricket score was his 424 for Lancashire against
Somerset at
Taunton in 1895, then the highest first-class score and the first innings over 400 (the previous best was 344 by
WG Grace in 1876). It stood unbeaten for over 27 years, until
Bill Ponsford broke it with 429 for
Victoria against
Tasmania in February 1923 (MacLaren protested against the status of this match as Tasmania was then not a
Sheffield Shield side).
He played in 35
Test matches for England. He was captain in 22 of those, winning 4 times, losing 11 times and drawing 7 times. He was named one of
Wisden's Cricketers of the Year in 1895.
In 1921, after
Warwick Armstrong's Australians had retained the Ashes 3 - 0, the 49 year old MacLaren claimed that he could select a side that would beat them. He duly led a self-selected eleven against the all-conquering tourists at Eastbourne. His team were bowled out for just 43 by McDonald and Armstrong but then dismissed the Australians for 174, scored 326 in their second innings and bowled out the Australians for 167 to win by a thrilling 29 runs.
Further Information
Get more info on 'Archie Maclaren'.
|
External Link Exchanges
Do you know how hard it is to get a link from a large encyclopaedia? Well we're different and will prove it. To get a link from us just add the following HTML to your site on a relevant page:
<a href="http://archie_maclaren.totallyexplained.com">Archie MacLaren Totally Explained</a>
Then simply click through this link from your web page. Our crawlers will verify your link, extract the title of your web page and instantly add a link back to it. If you like you can remove the words Totally Explained and embed the link in article text.
As long as your link remains in place, we'll keep our link to you right here. Please play fair - our crawlers are watching. Your site must be closely related to this one's topic. Any kind of spamming, dubious practises or removing the link will result in your link from us being dropped and, potentially, your whole site being banned. |
