{{short description|English cricketer and military engineer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Malcolm Maclagan | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | fullname = 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 | year1 = 1936–1937 | columns = 1 | column1 = 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 cricketer.
Maclagan was born in Murree, Punjab, 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 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=The Robson Press |location=London |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-84954-546-4 |pages=113–7}}</ref>
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