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{{short description|Scottish cricketer and British Army officer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = Scotland
| full_name = James Currie McDougall
| birth_date = 5 January 1890
| birth_place = [[Kilcalmonell]], [[Argyllshire]], Scotland
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1957|2|23|1890|1|5}}
| death_place = [[Clachan, Kintyre|Clachan]], Argyllshire, Scotland
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1924/25
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 13
| bat avg1 = 6.50
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 13
| deliveries1 = ?
| wickets1 = 1
| bowl avg1 = 168.00
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 1/110
| catches/stumpings1 = 3/–
| date = 21 November
| year = 2022
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/james-mcdougall-31151 ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''James Currie McDougall''' {{postnominal|CIE}} (5 January 1890 – 23 February 1957) was a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] first-class [[cricket]]er, [[British Army]] officer and an officer in the [[Indian Civil Service|Imperial Civil Service]].

The son of Archibald McDougall, he was born in April 1876 at [[Kilcalmonell]], [[Argyllshire|Kilcalmonell, Argyllshire]]. After completing his education, McDougall matriculated to the [[University of Edinburgh]], graduating in 1914.<ref name="ROLL">{{cite book|title=Roll of Honour of the Royal High School of Edinburgh 1914–1919 |date=1920 |page=456 |publisher=Oliver and Boyd |location=Edinburgh |url=https://archive.org/details/rollofhonourofro1920roya |language=en}}</ref> McDougall served in the [[First World War]], being commissioned as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] on probation into the [[Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders]] in August 1916.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29703|date=11 August 1916|page=7920}}</ref> McDougall served later in the war with the [[North Staffordshire Regiment]] and the 1st [[Duke of Wellington's Regiment]], seeing action with the latter in the [[Mesopotamian campaign]] and the [[Battle of Baku]]. He ended the war with the rank of [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]], which he obtained in February 1918.<ref name="ROLL"/> Following the war, he joined the [[Indian Civil Service|Imperial Civil Service]] in [[British India]] in December 1920 as an assistant director of agriculture.<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book|title=The India Office and Burma Office List for 1945 |date=1945 |page=257 |publisher=[[Harrison and Sons]] |volume=55 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XiUbAQAAIAAJ |language=en}}</ref> While in India, McDougall made a single appearance in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] in March 1925 against the [[Muslims cricket team|Muslims]] at [[Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore#Cricket ground|Lahore]] in the [[Lahore Tournament]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14075/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by James McDougall|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=21 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Batting twice in the match, he was [[run out]] in the Europeans first innings for 13 runs, while in their second innings he was dismissed [[duck (cricket)|without scoring]] by [[Abdus Salaam (cricketer)|Abdus Salaam]]. With the ball, he took a single wicket.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/11/11427.html|title=Europeans v Muslims, Lahore Tournament 1924/25|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=21 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

In 1925, he was appointed deputy director of agriculture and in 1928 he took up the post of principal at the Agricultural College in [[Nagpur]]. He was later appointed director of agriculture for the [[Central Provinces and Berar]] in October 1935.<ref name="BOOK"/> McDougall was made a Companion of the [[Order of the Indian Empire]] in the [[1942 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=35399|date=1 January 1942|page=6|supp=y}}</ref> He retired in January 1945, returning to Scotland, where he died at [[Clachan, Kintyre|Clachan]] in February 1957.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=31151}}

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[[Category:Cricketers from Argyll and Bute]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders officers]]
[[Category:North Staffordshire Regiment officers]]
[[Category:Duke of Wellington's Regiment officers]]
[[Category:Scottish cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Indian Civil Service (British India) officers]]
[[Category:Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire]]
[[Category:Military personnel from Argyll and Bute]]

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