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{{short description|English cricketer and military engineer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Malcolm Maclagan
| image =
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption =
| full_name = Malcolm Duperier Maclagan
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1907|05|22}}
| birth_place = [[Murree]], Punjab, [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|August 1997|22 May 1907}}
| death_place = Dorset, England
| family = [[Myrtle Maclagan]] (sister)
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1936–1937
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 43
| bat avg1 = 10.75
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 21
| deliveries1 = 18
| wickets1 = 0
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/31135.html ESPNcricinfo
| date = 24 September
| year = 2017
}}
'''Malcolm Duperier Maclagan''' (22 May 1907 – August 1997) was an English military engineer and [[first-class cricket]]er.

Maclagan was born in [[Murree]], Punjab, [[British Raj|India]] on 22 May 1907, the one of four children born to Robert Smeiton Maclagan and Beatrice Ethel (née Duperier). He followed his father into the [[Royal Engineers]], graduating from the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich|Royal Military Academy]] in 1927.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33244 |date=1 February 1927 |page=651}}</ref> He was promoted to lieutenant in 1930,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33574 |date=28 January 1930 |page=575}}</ref> to captain in 1938, to major in 1944<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=36353 |date=1 February 1944 |page=570 |supp=y}}</ref> and to lieutenant colonel in 1950.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=39009 |date=1 September 1950 |page=4473 |supp=y}}</ref> He retired from the army on 21 May 1959.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=41713 |date=19 May 1959 |page=3314 |supp=y}}</ref>

During his service, he was posted to India, where he played two first-class cricket matches for the [[Europeans cricket team]]. In January 1936, he scored 16 and 4 during an innings loss to the Indians,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15682.html |title=Europeans v Indians: Madras Presidency Match 1935/36 |work=CricketArchive |access-date=24 September 2017}}</ref> while in the corresponding fixture the following year, he scored 2 and 21.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16073.html |title=Europeans v Indians: Madras Presidency Match 1936/37 |work=CricketArchive |access-date=24 September 2017}}</ref> His sister, [[Myrtle Maclagan]], played fourteen times for the [[England women's cricket team]], scoring over 1,000 runs and taking more than 50 wickets.<ref>{{cite book |last=Duncan |first=Isabelle |title=Skirting the Boundary: A History of Women's Cricket |publisher=[[Biteback Publishing|The Robson Press]] |location=London |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-84954-546-4 |pages=113–7}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1907 births]]
[[Category:1997 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Murree]]
[[Category:Royal Engineers officers]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:British people in British India]]

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