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{{short description|English cricketer and soldier}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Ernest Mallinson
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Ernest Henry Powell Mallinson
| birth_date = 14 June 1898
| birth_place = [[Dulwich]], [[Surrey]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1991|11|10|1898|6|14|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Shoreham-by-Sea]], [[Sussex]], England
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1923/24–1935/36
| club2 = [[Indian Army cricket team|Army]]
| year2 = 1926/27
| club3 = [[Southern Punjab cricket team (India)|Southern Punjab]]
| year3 = 1926/27
| club4 = [[Northern India cricket team|Northern India]]
| year4 = 1926/27
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 8
| runs1 = 432
| bat avg1 = 27.00
| 100s/50s1 = 1/2
| top score1 = 112
| deliveries1 = 102
| wickets1 = 6
| bowl avg1 = 22.83
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 4/35
| catches/stumpings1 = 6/–
| date = 1 November
| year = 2023
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/ernest-mallinson-31139 ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Ernest Henry Powell Mallinson''' (14 June 1898 – 10 November 1991) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er, [[British Indian Army]] officer, and schoolmaster.

The son of John Mallinson, he was born at [[Dulwich]] in June 1898. He was educated in Scotland at [[Fettes College]], where he played for the college cricket team.<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book|title=The Fettes College Register, 1870 to 1932|publisher=[[Archibald Constable|T. & A. Constable]]|location=[[Edinburgh]]|date=1933|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bdMbAAAAIAAJ}}</ref> Mallinson served in the [[British Indian Army]] in the [[First World War]], being commissioned as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] in February 1918.<ref name="ARMY">{{cite book|title=The Indian Army List|first=Mike|last=Hall|publisher=Defense Department|date=1932|page=239|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZDQppNKcfzIC}}</ref> He was promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in October 1920,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32188|date=11 January 1921|page=282}}</ref> with promotion to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] following in January 1923.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32844|date=13 July 1923|page=4859}}</ref> In [[British India]], he made his debut in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Hindus cricket team|Hindus]] at [[Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore#Cricket ground|Lahore]] in the [[1923–24 Lahore Tournament]],<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14015/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Ernest Mallinson|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=1 November 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> scoring 68 runs in the Europeans second innings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/11/11054.html|title=Europeans v Hindus, Lahore Tournament 1923/24|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=1 November 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Against the [[Sikhs cricket team|Sikhs]] in the [[1925–26 Lahore Tournament]], he scored what would be his only first-class [[century (cricket)|century]], with a score of 112 [[Batting order (cricket)#Opening batters|opening the batting]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/11/11781.html|title=Europeans v Sikhs, Lahore Tournament 1925/26|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=1 November 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In addition to playing for the Europeans, Mallinson also played first-class cricket for the [[Indian Army cricket team]], [[Southern Punjab cricket team (India)|Southern Punjab]] and [[Northern India cricket team|Northern India]], all against the touring [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] in November 1926.<ref name="FCM"/> He made two further first-class appearances, both for the Europeans in 1928 and 1935.<ref name="FCM"/> In eight first-class matches, he scored 432 runs at an [[batting average (cricket)|average]] of exactly 27; with the ball, he took 6 wickets at a [[bowling average]] of 22.83, with best figures of 4 for 35.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/ernest-mallinson-31139|title=Player profile: Ernest Mallinson|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=1 November 2023}}</ref>

Serving in the Indian Army with the [[17th Dogra Regiment]] by 1932,<ref name="ARMY"/> he was promoted to [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] in January 1936,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34264|date=13 March 1936|page=1659}}</ref> prior to being transferred to the unemployed list in April of the same year.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34284|date=15 May 1936|page=3151}}</ref> Mallinson later became a schoolmaster in [[Kenya Colony]].<ref name="BOOK"/> He died in England at [[Shoreham-by-Sea]] in November 1991.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=31139}}

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[[Category:People from Dulwich]]
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[[Category:Schoolteachers from Surrey]]

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