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Archibald (Archie) Campbell MacLaren (born 1 December 1871 in Manchester, Lancashire, died 17 November 1944 in Bracknell, Berkshire) went to Harrow. He was an English cricketer, who played for England and Lancashire.

His best first-class cricket score was his 424 for Lancashire against Somerset at Taunton in 1895, a first-class score that stood unbeaten for nearly thirty years. He was named one of Wisden's Cricketers of the Year in the same year.

He played in 35 Test matches for England. He was captain in 22 of those, winning 4 times, losing 11 times and drawing 7 times.

Preceded by:
Lord Hawke
Arthur Jones
English national cricket captain
1899-1902
1909
Followed by:
Plum Warner
Shrimp Leveson Gower

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1871 births | 1944 deaths | English Test cricketers | English cricket captains | English cricketers | Lancashire cricketers | Wisden Cricketers of the Year

 

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