Thomas MacDonald (cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 27-Dec-1908
Place of Birth: Comber, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 23-Mar-1998
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Thomas MacDonald (cricketer)
- Thomas John MacDonald (27 December 1908 – 23 March 1998) was an Irish cricketer.
- MacDonald was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break.
- He was born at Comber, County Down, Northern Ireland.
- He was educated initially at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, before attending Queen's University, Belfast.MacDonald made his first-class debut for Ireland against the West Indians at College Park, Dublin in 1928.
- He made five further first-class appearances for Ireland, the last of which came against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1936.
- In his six first-class matches for Ireland, he scored 255 runs at an average of 21.25, with a high score of 132.
- This score, which was his only first-class century, came against Scotland in 1928.
- While studying the University of Cambridge, MacDonald also made a single first-class appearance Cambridge University against Somerset in 1930.
- During this match he scored 29 runs in the Cambridge first-innings, before being dismissed by Jack Lee, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 7 by Arthur Wellard.He later played Minor counties cricket in England for Lincolnshire, first appearing for the county in the 1934 Minor Counties Championship against Norfolk.
- He made six further appearances for the county, the last of which came against Hertfordshire in 1936.
- In later life he became a schoolmaster.
- He died at Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England on 23 March 1998.
- He survived his brother James, who also played first-class cricket for Ireland by nearly thirty years.
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