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Michael McMaster

1896 – 1965

English cricketer, naval officer and businessman

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Lived 1896 – 1965 (aged 68). Michael McMaster was a British cricketer.

Michael McMaster (11 May 1896 – 29 March 1965) was an English first-class cricketer, Royal Naval Air Service officer and businessman.

The son of the Test cricketer Emile McMaster, he was born in May 1896 at Porlock, Somerset. He served in the First World War in the Royal Naval Air Service, being commissioned as a probationary sub-lieutenant, with his probation expiring in April 1917. He was promoted to flight lieutenant in August 1917. Following the war, McMaster made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Royal Navy against Cambridge University at Fenner's in 1920. He scored 13 runs in the match, in addition to taking the wicket of Gilbert Ashton in the Cambridge first-innings. He was placed on the retired list at his own request in September 1920.

After leaving the Royal Navy, McMaster entered into the world of business, which took him to South Africa with Taylor and Ellis in Durban, before serving as the chairman of Slazenger. He died at Brook on the Isle of Wight in March 1965. His brother-in-law was the rugby union international Anthony Henniker-Gotley.

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English cricketer, naval officer and businessman (1896-1965)

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Michael McMaster was born on 11 May 1896 in Porlock.

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Michael McMaster died on 25 March 1965 in Brook.

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Michael McMaster was a cricketer.

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Michael McMaster was British.

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