Samuel Wilfred McDonough (8 October 1899 – 19 May 1983) was an Irish

Irish people

The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...

 cricket

Cricket

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er. McDonough was a right-handed batsman who occassionally fielded as a wicket-keeper

Wicket-keeper

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. He was born at Armagh

Armagh

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, United Kingdom

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 (today Northern Ireland

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). He was educated at the The Royal School, Armagh

The Royal School, Armagh

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.

Following success in club cricket for Armagh, McDonough was selected to play in Ireland's first-class

First-class cricket

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 match against Scotland in 1930. The Irish batsman struggled in this match against the Scottish fast

Fast bowling

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 bowler Arthur Baxter

Arthur Baxter

Arthur Douglas Baxter was a Scottish first class cricketer who played with Lancashire, Middlesex and the Scottish national side.He was an old boy of King’s Mead School, Seaford, East Sussex...

, though opening the batting McDonough himself scored 13 runs in the Irish first-innings before falling victim to Baxter, while in their second-innings he top scored with 48 before Stuart Hiddleston.

Outside of cricket he was employed as a Gas Company Manager, then as a school bursar. He died at Bangor

Bangor, County Down

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, Northern Ireland on 19 May 1983.

External links

• Wilfred McDonough at ESPNcricinfo
• Wilfred McDonough at CricketArchive
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