deliveries death_date columns catches/stumpings family year birth_date bowling tenfor country death_place club fivefor batting fullname birth_place column international source date runs wickets s/s matches article_title
balls 2,819 8 march 1969 1 5 / & ndash ; thomas macdonald -lrb- brother -rrb- 1926 & ndash ; 1939 2011 17 september 1906 slow left-arm orthodox & ndash ; ireland bangor , county down , northern ireland ireland & ndash ; left-handed james macdonald comber , county down , united kingdom first-class true http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/24433.html cricinfo 1906 9 17 yes 622 35 1/2 14 james macdonald -lrb- cricketer -rrb-

james macdonald -lrb- cricketer -rrb-

james macdonald -lrb- 17 september 1906 -- 8 march 1969 -rrb- was an irish cricketer .
macdonald was a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox .
he was born at comber , united kingdom -lrb- today northern ireland -rrb- .
macdonald made his first-class debut for ireland against wales at ormeau , belfast in 1926 .
he made thirteen further first-class appearances for ireland , the last of which came against scotland in 1939 .
in his fourteen first-class matches , he scored 622 runs at an average of 23.92 , with a high score of 108 not out .
this score , which was his only first-class century , came against the marylebone cricket club in 1936 .
an all-rounder , macdonald took 35 wickets at a bowling average of 25.45 , with best figures of 5/33 .
these figures , which were his only first-class five wicket haul , came against scotland in 1933 .
he died at bangor , northern ireland on 8 march 1969 .
he was survived by his brother thomas , who also played first-class cricket for ireland .
