William Macpherson (cricketer) explained

William Douglas Lawson Macpherson (15 May 1841 – 24 February 1920) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1870 to 1871 for Gloucestershire, and a school administrator. He was a right-handed batsman and an occasional wicket-keeper who made 3 first-class career appearances.^[1]

In 1864, Macpherson was appointed Secretary (also sometimes serving as Treasurer)^[2] of the Council of Clifton College, Bristol, and lived at Clifton.^{[3] [4] [5]} His sons- K. D. W. Macpherson (a Rear-Admiral in the Royal Navy),^{[6] [7]} A. G. Macpherson (a schoolmaster at Newton Abbot College), and C. G. Macpherson (a solicitor)- were educated at Clifton College.^[8]

Notes and References

1. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31160/31160.html CricketArchive
2. The Cliftonian, Clifton College, 1877, p. 46
3. Clifton College Register, A List of Cliftonians from September, 1862 to July, 1887, ed. E. M. Oakeley, Rivingtons, 1890, p. 16
4. Kelly's Directory of Somersetshire with the City of Bristol, ed. E. R. Kelly, M.A., Kelly & Co., London, 1883, p. 764
5. The Clifton Magazine, 150th Anniversary Edition, Clifton College, 2012, p. 2
6. Web site: Catalogue description Name Macpherson, Kenneth Douglas Worsley Date of Birth: 03 November 1883.
7. Web site: Royal Navy Flag Officers of the Dreadnought Era 1904-1945: Royal Navy Full Admirals . www.admirals.org.uk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100620155830/http://www.admirals.org.uk/admirals/individual.php?RecNo=702 . 2010-06-20.
8. Clifton College Annals and Register 1862-1912, ed. Frank Borwick, Clifton College, 1912, pp. 285, 295, 360