John Macartney-Filgate
Personal information
Full name
John Victor Opynschae Macartney-Filgate
Born20 May 1897
Dublin, Ireland
Died23 July 1964(1964-07-23) (aged 67)
London, England
BattingUnknown
BowlingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1924/25Europeans
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 11
Batting average 5.50
100s/50s –/–
Top score 10
Balls bowled 24
Wickets 0
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 6 June 2022

John Victor Opynschae Macartney-Filgate CBE MC (20 May 1897 — 23 July 1964) was an Irish first-class cricketer and British Indian Army officer.

The son of Edward Macartney-Filgate and Bertha Eugenie Lomax, he was born at Dublin in May 1897.[1] He was educated in England at Rugby School, from where he joined the British Army to serve in the First World War. He was commissioned into the Royal Artillery as a second lieutenant on probation in July 1915,[2] and was confirmed in that rank in May 1916.[3] He was made an acting captain in May 1917,[4] with promotion to lieutenant in July of the same year.[5] Throughout the course of the war, Macartney-Filgate was twice wounded in action.[1] In March 1918, he was awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when he helped to evacuate the wounded when his artillery battery was heavily shelled.[6] For his service in the war, Macartney-Filgate was decorated by Belgium with the Croix de guerre.[1]

Shortly after the conclusion of the war, he married Beatrice Helen Angela Nevill, the daughter of Sir Reginald Neville, 1st Baronet.[1] Macartney-Filgate also matriculated to University College, Oxford following the war. After graduating from Oxford, he spent time in British India, where he played in a single first-class cricket match for the Europeans cricket team against the Indians at Madras in the 1924–25 Madras Presidency Match.[7] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for a single run in the Europeans first innings by T. K. Sukumaran, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 10 runs by M. Venkataramanjulu.[8] By profession he was a merchant banker and was a fellow of the Institute of Bankers.[1]

During the Second World War, he served as a major in the Territorial Army,[9] for which he was decorated with the Territorial Decoration in April 1950.[10] He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1964.[1] In later life he lived at Danbury, Essex. Macartney-Filgate died in London in July 1964; he was survived by his wife and their three children.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (1976). Burke's Irish family records (5 ed.). Burke's Peerage.
  2. ↑ "No. 29242". The London Gazette. 27 July 1915. p. 7336.
  3. ↑ "No. 29566". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 May 1916. p. 4438.
  4. ↑ "No. 30239". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 August 1917. p. 8539.
  5. ↑ "No. 30239". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 August 1917. p. 9135.
  6. ↑ "No. 30590". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 March 1918. p. 3605.
  7. ↑ "First-Class Matches played by John Macartney". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  8. ↑ "Europeans v Indians, Madras Presidency Match 1924/25". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  9. ↑ "No. 34689". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 September 1939. p. 3409.
  10. ↑ "No. 38889". The London Gazette (Supplement). 21 April 1950. p. 1930.
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