Samuel McCaughey (cricketer)
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| Full name | Samuel McCaughey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 November 1892 Leg break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1913 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Samuel McCaughey (27 November 1892 – 29 January 1955) was an
Australian first-class cricketer
and pastoralist.
The son of David McCaughey, a grazier from Ireland, he was born at Coree Station near
7 for 46 against Middlesex.[3]
After graduating from Cambridge, he returned to Coree. However, with the start of the
First World War in Europe, McCaughey returned to England to serve in the British Army.[1] He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery in September 1915.[4] He served on the Western Front with the 46th Battery, 1st Divisional Artillery and was promoted to lieutenant in July 1917.[1][5] He married the Australian Eleanor Una McKellar in February 1917 at the Scottish National Church in London.[1]
McCaughey relinquished his commission in the Royal Field Artillery in April 1920 and returned to Australia.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Walsh, G. P. McCaughey, Samuel (1892–1955). Vol. 15. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Samuel McCaughey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "Wisden - Obituaries in 1955". ESPNcricinfo. 19 December 2005. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "No. 29297". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 September 1915. p. 9196.
- ^ "No. 30283". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 September 1917. p. 9519.
- ^ "No. 31930". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1920. p. 6309.
