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James MacDonnell (cricketer)

Irish cricketer (1841-1891)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ6138628 ↗
Source-derived summary

James MacDonnell (23 April 1841 — 26 November 1891) was an Irish cricketer who played for Gloucestershire. He was born in Ireland and died in Brighton.

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“James MacDonnell (cricketer)” enters the record as irish cricketer (1841-1891). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what James, MacDonnell and cricketer can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1841, 1891—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1841-04-23. Its strongest next move is a source search built around James, MacDonnell and cricketer.
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“James MacDonnell (cricketer)” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, James, MacDonnell and cricketer provides the most credible route into that argument.

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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6138628. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1841 and 1891.

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This entry incorporates text from “James MacDonnell (cricketer)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.