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- Archie_MacLaren abstract "Archibald Campbell "Archie" MacLaren (1 December 1871 – 17 November 1944) was an English cricketer who captained the England cricket team at various times between 1898 and 1909. A right-handed batsman, he played 35 Test matches for England, as captain in 22 of those games, and led the team to defeat in four Ashes series against Australia. An amateur, MacLaren played first-class cricket for Lancashire, captaining that county for most of his career. As a batsman, MacLaren was one of the leading cricketers of his time and had a reputation as a fast-scoring stylist. In 1895, he scored 424 runs in an innings against Somerset which was the highest individual score in first-class cricket until 1923 and remained a record in English cricket until 1994. Opinions were divided over his captaincy. He was a deep thinker on the game and critics believed him to be tactically advanced, but his pessimism, clashes with the selectors and inability to get the best out of his players led most commentators to rate him a poor leader.After attending public school, MacLaren played intermittently for Lancashire until 1899 as he tried to establish a career outside the sport. Even so, he was appointed county captain in 1894 and was chosen regularly to play for England. An appointment as Lancashire's assistant secretary allowed him to play more regularly from 1900. He first captained England in 1898 as a stand-in, but became captain in his own right in 1899. Under his leadership, England lost to Australia in three consecutive series—1899, 1901–02 and 1902. MacLaren was involved in controversies throughout all three defeats, and was replaced as captain in 1905, although he remained in the team. Business interests kept him out of the game for the following years, but he was invited to lead England once more in 1909. Defeat in that series ended his Test career, and the following year he ceased playing regular first-class cricket. He played occasionally until 1922–23, and had some late successes: in 1921, a team selected and captained by MacLaren defeated a previously unbeaten Australian team, and on his final first-class appearance during a 1922–23 Marylebone Cricket Club tour of New Zealand, he scored 200 runs.MacLaren had many jobs as he attempted to find ways to support his cricket, family and lifestyle. At various time, he worked as a teacher, a journalist and a cricket coach. For many years, he was employed as Lancashire's assistant secretary but such were his financial worries that he often had to ask for cash advances from the committee, with which he had a stormy relationship. He worked for several years as private secretary to K. S. Ranjitsinhji and he became involved in his employer's financial scandals. Many of MacLaren's later business ventures were failures, and only when his wife came into an inheritance did he and his family live in comfort. Throughout his life, MacLaren was involved in many disagreements and was never popular with team-mates. However, he was a hero to the cricket writer Neville Cardus, who wrote prolifically on him. MacLaren died in 1944, aged 72.".
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- Archie_MacLaren birthPlace Lancashire_County_Cricket_Club.
- Archie_MacLaren birthPlace Manchester.
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- Archie_MacLaren deathDate "1944-11-17".
- Archie_MacLaren deathPlace Bracknell.
- Archie_MacLaren deathYear "1944".
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- Archie_MacLaren batAvg "33.87".
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- Archie_MacLaren before Arthur_Jones_(cricketer).
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- Archie_MacLaren club Lancashire_County_Cricket_Club.
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- Archie_MacLaren fullname "Archibald Campbell MacLaren".
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- Archie_MacLaren lasttestagainst "Australia".
- Archie_MacLaren lasttestdate "--08-11".
- Archie_MacLaren lasttestyear "1909".
- Archie_MacLaren matches "35".
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- Archie_MacLaren name "Archie MacLaren".
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- Archie_MacLaren placeOfBirth "Whalley Range, Manchester, Lancashire".
- Archie_MacLaren placeOfDeath "Bracknell, Berkshire".
- Archie_MacLaren quote "There never was a cricketer with more than the grandeur of A. C. MacLaren. When I think of his play now, years after it all happened, the emotions that stir in me afresh, and all my impressions of it, are mingled with emotions and impressions I have had from other and greater arts than bat and ball.".
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- Archie_MacLaren source "Neville Cardus".
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- Archie_MacLaren testdebutagainst "Australia".
- Archie_MacLaren testdebutdate "--12-14".
- Archie_MacLaren testdebutyear "1894".
- Archie_MacLaren title List_of_England_cricket_captains.
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- Archie_MacLaren subject Category:Liverpool_and_District_cricketers.
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- Archie_MacLaren subject Category:Marylebone_Cricket_Club_cricketers.
- Archie_MacLaren subject Category:Norfolk_cricketers.