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{{short description|Irish cricketer and British Army officer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| honorific_suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|DSO|OBE|TD}}
| image =
| country = Ireland
| fullname = Ogilvie Blair Graham
| birth_date = 8 July 1891
| birth_place = [[Dunmurry]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Ireland]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1971|5|30|1891|7|8}}
| death_place = [[Quinton, Warwickshire|Lower Quinton]], [[Warwickshire]], England
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans (India)]]
| year1 = 1926/27
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 4
| runs1 = 31
| bat avg1 = 5.16
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 16
| deliveries1 = 330
| wickets1 = 10
| bowl avg1 = 16.50
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 4/12
| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–
| date = 1 December
| year = 2018
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ireland/content/player/13529.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Ogilvie Blair Graham''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|DSO|OBE|TD}} (8 July 1891 – 30 May 1971) was an [[Irish people|Irish]] first-class cricketer and [[British Army]] officer. Graham served with the [[Oxford University Officers' Training Corps]] before receiving a commission in the [[Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)|Rifle Brigade]]. During the [[First World War]] he rose to command a battalion of the Rifles and received the [[Distinguished Service Order]]. Graham was later an instructor in infantry tactics, before transferring to the Royal Artillery (RA) in the [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]]. During the [[Second World War]] he commanded the RA defences in Northern Ireland and was appointed an officer of the [[Order of the British Empire]]. He also served as a [[deputy lieutenant]] and [[High Sheriff]] of [[County Down]]. Graham played cricket for [[Harrow School]] and later made [[First-class cricket|first-class appearances]] for [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]], [[Europeans cricket team|the Europeans]] and the [[Indian Army cricket team]].

==Early life and military service==
The son of Ogilvie Blair Graham, Sr. and his wife Grace Cottenham, Graham was born at [[Dunmurry]] at [[County Antrim]] in July 1891. He was educated in England at [[Harrow School]], where he played for the school cricket team,<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book |last1=Stephenson |first1=Pleydell Keppel |title=The Harrow School Register, 1800–1911 |date=26 August 2016 |publisher=Wentworth Press |isbn=978-1362770213 |page=22 |language=en }}</ref> which included playing in the '[[Fowler's match]]' of 1910.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/143944.html |title=Fowler's match |work=ESPNcricinfo |last=Williamson |first=Martin |accessdate=19 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216121138/http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/143944.html |archive-date=16 December 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Upon leaving he went up to [[Trinity College, Oxford]].<ref name="BOOK"/> While at Trinity, he was a member of the [[Officers'_Training_Corps#Oxford|Oxford University Officers' Training Corps]] contingent, and was promoted to [[Second_lieutenant#United_Kingdom_&_other_Commonwealth_countries|second lieutenant]] in that unit on 28 February 1912.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28585 |date=27 February 1912 |page=1453}}</ref> He was later on the unattached list of the [[Territorial Force]] from which he transferred to the [[Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)|Rifle Brigade]] on 20 August 1913.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28747 |date=19 August 1913 |page=5935}}</ref> His appointment as second lieutenant in the regular army was later antedated to 19 January 1912.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28764|date=14 October 1913 |page=7154}}</ref>

===First World War===
Graham served with the British Army during the [[First World War]], being promoted to the rank of [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] on 5 August 1914 – shortly after the war started.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=28881|date=28 August 1914|page=6797}}</ref> Graham was subsequently promoted to captain which was later antedated to 15 September 1915 and later transferred to the [[Special Reserve]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29527|date=28 March 1916|page=3414|supp=y}}</ref> He returned to the Rifle Brigade as second in command of a battalion, receiving promotion to the temporary rank of [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] on 22 June 1916.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29781|date=10 October 1916|page=9846|supp=y}}</ref> Graham was promoted to the [[acting rank]] of lieutenant-colonel on 7 November 1916 when he was placed in command of a battalion of the Rifles, though he relinquished the command and acting rank on 6 December.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29905|date=16 January 1917|page=680|supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29936|date=9 February 1917|page=1440|supp=y}}</ref> He was appointed a companion of the [[Distinguished Service Order]] on 4 June 1917.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30111 |date=1 June 1917 |page=5470 |supp=y}}</ref>

Graham was seconded as a chief instructor to the army's [[School of Instruction]] on 6 October 1917 and again on 22 March 1918 when he was granted the temporary rank of lieutenant-colonel whilst commanding the [[Fifth Army (United Kingdom)|Fifth Army]] Infantry School.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30440|date=18 December 1917|page=13351|supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30700|date=21 May 1918|page=6086|supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Division (Army) |first1=United States Historical |title=The United States Army in the World War, 1917–1919 |date=1948 |page=36 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=irYoXA_p_6MC |language=en |access-date=18 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219090852/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=irYoXA_p_6MC |archive-date=19 December 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> His appointment as chief instructor was relinquished, along with his temporary rank on 20 March 1919.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=31892|date=7 May 1920|page=5340|supp=y}}</ref>

===Inter-war===
After the war Graham was seconded to the [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]] (TA) as adjutant of the [[London Rifle Brigade|5th Battalion of the London Regiment]] on 13 September 1922.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=32757|date=20 October 1922|page=7373|supp=y}}</ref> Graham retired from the army as a major in 1935, but was promoted to [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant-colonel]] on 9 November of that year with seniority antedated to 13 October 1934.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34217|date=8 November 1935|page=7048}}</ref><ref name=kelly/> Graham was appointed a major of the [[525th (Antrim) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery|188th (Antrim) Heavy Battery]] of the Royal Artillery (RA) in the TA on 5 May 1937, from the reserve list of officers.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34395 |date=7 May 1937 |page=2973}}</ref>

===Second World War and after===
Throughout the [[Second World War]], from 1939 to 1945, Graham commanded the Fixed Defences (Royal Artillery garrisons in fortifications) of Northern Ireland.<ref name=kelly/> Graham relinquished his TA commission on 5 June 1940 and was transferred to the regular army [[Royal Regiment of Artillery]] on the same date.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=35002|date=26 November 1940|supp=y|page=6807}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=35038|date=7 January 1941|supp=y|page=190}}</ref> Graham was appointed an officer of the [[Order of the British Empire]] in the [[New Years Honours]] of 1944.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=36309|date=31 December 1943 |page=10|supp=y}}</ref> He subsequently served as a reserve officer until reaching the age limit on 7 September 1946.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=37714|date=3 September 1946 |page=4463|supp=y}}</ref> Graham was appointed an [[Colonel (United Kingdom)#Honorary Colonel|honorary colonel]] of a TA unit on 31 December 1946 and received the [[Territorial Efficiency Decoration]] on 21 April 1950.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=37823|date=17 December 1946 |page=6173|supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=38889|date=21 April 1950|page=1928|supp=y}}</ref> Graham's appointment as an honorary colonel expired on 31 December 1952, but he retained the honorary rank.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=39755|date=16 January 1953 |page=421|supp=y}}</ref>

==Cricket career and personal life==
Graham made his debut in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Free Foresters Cricket Club|Free Foresters]] against [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]] at [[University_Parks#Cricket_ground|Oxford]] in 1923.<ref name="FCM">{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13554/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Ogilvie Graham |work=CricketArchive |accessdate=18 December 2018 |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219043935/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13554/First-Class_Matches.html |archive-date=19 December 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> While serving in [[British India]], he played a further two first-class matches for the [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] against the [[Parsees cricket team|Parsees]] and the [[Hindus cricket team|Hindus]] in September 1926 at [[Deccan Gymkhana Ground|Poona]].<ref name="FCM"/> Later in November 1926, he played a final first-class match for the [[Indian Army cricket team]] against the touring [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] at [[Bagh-e-Jinnah,_Lahore#Cricket_ground|Lahore]].<ref name="FCM"/> Across his four first-class matches, Graham scored a total of 31 runs and took 10 wickets.<ref name="profile">{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13554/13554.html |title=Player profile: Ogilvie Graham |work=CricketArchive |accessdate=18 December 2018 |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129012810/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13554/13554.html |archive-date=29 November 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Graham married Winifred Maud Hurford MBE in 1919, an administrator in [[Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps]] whom he met at the [[Battle of the Somme]] while serving on the Western Front.<ref name=kelly>{{cite book |title=Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes |date=1969 |publisher=Kelly's Directories. |page=860 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PKIWAQAAIAAJ |accessdate=18 December 2018 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219044509/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=PKIWAQAAIAAJ |archive-date=19 December 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NEWS">{{cite news|url=https://www.thebreeze.com/newbury/news/local-news/gloucestershire-marks-100-years-since-battle-of-the-somme/|title=Gloucestershire Marks 100 Years Since Battle Of The Somme|date=1 July 2016 |publisher=[[The Breeze (Newbury)|The Breeze]]|accessdate=18 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219044124/https://www.thebreeze.com/newbury/news/local-news/gloucestershire-marks-100-years-since-battle-of-the-somme/|archive-date=19 December 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Winifred had refused to relinquish a farmhouse she had been using to house a team of nurses, cooks and secretaries to Graham.<ref name="NEWS"/> After the war they lived at Larchfield near [[Lisburn]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Leabhar Na H Eireann, the Irish Yearbook |date=1922 |publisher=Kenny Press |page=34 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rpswAQAAMAAJ |accessdate=18 December 2018 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219044526/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=rpswAQAAMAAJ |archive-date=19 December 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Graham also served as a senior managing director of the family-run York Street Flax Spinning Mill in the [[Lagan Valley]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rankin |first1=Kathleen |title=The Linen Houses of the Lagan Valley: The Story of Their Families |date=2002 |publisher=Ulster Historical Foundation |isbn=9781903688205 |page=31 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dYC2AAAAIAAJ |accessdate=18 December 2018 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219044540/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dYC2AAAAIAAJ |archive-date=19 December 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> He served as the [[deputy lieutenant]] for [[County Down]] in 1943;<ref>{{Belfast Gazette |issue=1148 |date=25 June 1943 |page=136|city=Belfast}}</ref> three years later he served as the [[High Sheriff of Down|High Sheriff of County Down]].<ref>{{Belfast Gazette |issue=1280 |date=4 January 1946 |page=2|city=Belfast}}</ref> He died in England at [[Quinton, Warwickshire|Lower Quinton]] on 30 May 1971.<ref name="profile"/> His grandson is [[Richard Graham (politician)|Richard Graham]], the Member of Parliament for [[Gloucester (UK Parliament constituency)|Gloucester]].<ref name="NEWS"/>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=13529}}

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