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 in 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] 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.

References

  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.
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