Gregor MacGregor

For the Scottish adventurer in the New World, see Gregor MacGregor

For the Australian politician with a similar name, see Gregor McGregor

Gregor MacGregor England (Eng)
Batting style	Right-handed batsman (RHB)
Bowling type	n/a
	Tests	First-class
Matches	8	265
Runs scored	96	6,381
Batting average	12.00	18.02
100s/50s	0/0	3/20
Top score	31	141
Balls bowled	0	0
Wickets	0	0
Bowling average	n/a	n/a
5 wickets in innings	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	0
Best bowling	n/a	n/a
Catches/stumpings	14/3	411/148
Test debut: 21 July 1890 Last Test: 26 August 1893 Source: [1]

Gregor MacGregor (31 August 1869, Merchiston, Edinburgh - 20 August 1919, Marylebone, London) was a Scottish cricketer and rugby union player. In cricket he played for Middlesex as a wicket keeper and captained the county club between 1898-1907. He later served as the treasurer, before his death in 1919, aged 49. Within rugby, MacGregor played club rugby for Cambridge and international rugby for Scotland.

Rugby career

Gregor MacGregor was also notable as a rugby union footballer. In 1889 and 1890 he appeared as full back for Cambridge against Oxford, showing himself a fine tackler and very accurate kick. In the same season that he first appeared for Cambridge, he was also awarded his first international cap. MacGregor was selected by the Scottish Rugby Union to appear for Scotland in all three international matches of the 1890 Home Nations Championship.

In 1890, MacGregor was invited to join William Percy Carpmael's newly formed touring team, the Barbarians. He accepted and became an original member of the team.

MacGregor also played in the Home Nations Championship in 1891 and 1893, missing the 1892 tournament as he was out in Australia with Lord Sheffield's cricket team in 1892, and in 1894 he played against England and Wales. His final appearance in an international game being between Scotland and England, decided at Hampden Park, Glasgow, in 1896. Although he began and finished his career in matches as a full back, MacGregor played mostly in those games as a centre three-quarter—those when the three three-quarter system was preferred. In the course of his career he appeared on several occasions for Middlesex. On one of these, when the four three-quarter system had come into vogue, he had for his colleagues Andrew Stoddart, Arthur Gould, and G. T. Campbell, all internationals. Despite such talented players all appearing in the same team, Yorkshire proved victorious.

References

• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack obituary on Gregor MacGregor.
• CricketArchive page on Gregor MacGregor
• Cricinfo page on Gregor MacGregor