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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
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| country = Scotland<br />
| full_name = Oswald Farquhar Lumsden<br />
| nickname = <br />
| birth_date = 26 June 1874<br />
| birth_place = [[Peterculter]], [[Aberdeenshire]], Scotland<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1948|4|8|1874|6|26|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Edinburgh]], [[Midlothian]], Scotland<br />
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| batting = Unknown<br />
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| role = <br />
| family = [[William Lumsden]] (brother)<br />
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]<br />
| year1 = 1922/23<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 1<br />
| runs1 = 17<br />
| bat avg1 = 17.00<br />
| 100s/50s1 = –/–<br />
| top score1 = 9<br />
| hidedeliveries = true<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–<br />
| date = 4 December<br />
| year = 2022<br />
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/oswald-lumsden-30791 ESPNcricinfo<br />
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'''Oswald Farquhar Lumsden''' (26 June 1874 — 8 April 1948) was a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] first-class [[cricket]]er and an officer in the [[Indian Civil Service]].<br />
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The son of the [[advocate]] James Forbes Lumsden, he was born in June 1874 at [[Peterculter|Peterculter, Aberdeenshire]]. Lumsden was educated at [[Merchiston Castle School]], before matriculating to the [[University of Edinburgh]], where he transferred to [[Christ Church, Oxford]]. While studying at Oxford, he gained a [[Blue (university sport)#University of Oxford|blue]] in [[tennis]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Merchiston Castle School Register 1833 to 1903|year=1906|publisher=[[Pillans & Wilson|H. & J. Pillans]]|location=Edinburgh|page=85|url=https://archive.org/details/b28996665|language=en}}</ref> After graduating from Oxford, he joined the [[Indian Civil Service]] (ICS) in 1897. He arrived in [[British India]] in 1898, serving in the [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]] as an assistant commissioner. He was an assistant registrar of cooperative societies in the Punjab in May 1914, before becoming the controller of hostile trading concerns in January the following year. In May 1915, he was appointed a district and session judge.<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book|title=The India Office and Burma Office List|publisher=[[Harrison and Sons]]|location=High Wycombe|year=1928|page=700|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zVkKAAAAIAAJ|language=en}}</ref> In January 1913, Lumsden was appointed to the Council of [[Louis Dane|Sir Louis Dane]], the [[List of governors of Punjab (British India)|Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab]], in January 1913. He served his successors, [[Michael O'Dwyer]] and [[Edward Douglas MacLagan|Sir Edward MacLagan]], until 1920.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pap.gov.pk/uploads/previous_members/L-1913-1916.shtml|title=Previous Members|publisher=www.pap.gov.pk|access-date=4 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pap.gov.pk/uploads/previous_members/L-1916-1920.shtml|title=Previous Members|publisher=www.pap.gov.pk|access-date=4 December 2022}}</ref> At the age of 48, he made a single appearance in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Muslims cricket team|Muslims]] at [[Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore#Cricket ground|Lahore]] in the 1922–23 [[Lahore Tournament]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13975/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Oswald Lumsden|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=4 December 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 9 runs in the Europeans first innings by [[Saleh Mohammad (cricketer)|Saleh Mohammad]], while in their second innings made 8 [[not out|unbeaten]] runs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/10/10698.html|title=Europeans v Muslims, Lahore Tournament 1922/23 (Final)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=4 December 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He retired from the ICS in April 1925, retiring to Edinburgh where he died in April 1948.<ref>{{cite book|title=University of Edinburgh Journal|year=1948|volume=13–14|page=203|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tdUXAQAAIAAJ|language=en}}</ref> His brother, [[Alfred Lumsden (British Army officer)|Alfred Lumsden]], was a [[Major-general (United Kingdom)|major-general]] in the British Army, while his youngest brother, [[William Lumsden]], was also a first-class cricketer. His nephew was the actor [[Geoffrey Lumsden]].<br />
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==External links==<br />
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