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{{short description|English cricketer and soldier}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Frederick McLaren
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Frederick Albert McLaren
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1874|8|19|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Farnham]], [[Surrey]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1952|9|23|1874|8|19|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Dartford]], [[Kent]], England
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Unknown-arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]]
| role =
| family =
| club1 = [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]]
| year1 = 1908
| club2 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year2 = 1919/20
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 3
| runs1 = 23
| bat avg1 = 4.60
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 18
| deliveries1 = 288
| wickets1 = 6
| bowl avg1 = 24.00
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 2/30
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| date = 17 January
| year = 2010
| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/16984.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Frederick Albert McLaren''' {{postnominal|OBE}} (19 August 1874 — 23 September 1952) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and an officer in the [[British Army]].

McLaren was born at [[Farnham]] in August 1874. A [[Non-commissioned officer#United Kingdom|non-commissioned officer]] in the [[Royal Army Service Corps|Army Service Corps]] (ACS), McLaren made two appearances in [[first-class cricket]] for [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]] in 1908, against the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] at [[Lord's]] and the [[Philadelphian cricket team|Gentlemen of Philadelphia]] at [[County Ground, Southampton|Southampton]].<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6762/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Frederick McLaren|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=22 March 2024|url-access=subscription}}</ref> in the latter match, he was one of [[five wicket haul|five wickets]] for [[Bart King]] in Hampshire's first innings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/7/7634.html|title=Hampshire v Gentlemen of Philadelphia, Gentlemen of Philadelphia in British Isles 1908|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=22 March 2024|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In the opening weeks of the [[First World War]], he gained a commission with the ASC as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28870|date=14 August 1914|page=6399}}</ref> He was made a temporary [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in May 1915,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29156|date=7 May 1915|page=4413}}</ref> and a temporary [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in November of the same year;<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29368|date=16 November 1915|page=11329}}</ref> he later gained the full rank of captain in November 1917.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30403|date=27 November 1917|page=12461|supp=y}}</ref>

While serving with the ASC in [[British India]] following the war, he made a single first-class appearance for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Indians cricket team|Indians]] at [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium|Madras]] in the 1919–20 [[Madras Presidency Match]].<ref name="FCM"/> Across his three first-class matches, McLaren scored 23 runs and took six wickets.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/16984.html|title=Frederick McLaren|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=22 March 2024}}</ref> By September 1924, he had retired, having exceeded the age for recall and therefore ceased to belong to the [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Reserve of Officers]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32971|date=5 September 1924|page=6642}}</ref> McLaren was made an [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] in the [[1930 Birthday Honours]], in recognition of his post-retirement work at the Royal Army Service Corps record and pay office.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33611|date=30 May 1930|page=3479|supp=y}}</ref> He died at [[Dartford]] in September 1952.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=16984}}

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[[Category:1874 births]]
[[Category:1952 deaths]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Farnham]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Surrey]]
[[Category:Royal Army Service Corps soldiers]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Hampshire cricketers]]
[[Category:Royal Army Service Corps officers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire]]

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