Ralph McCall
Scottish cricketer
Ralph Leycester McCall (10 April 1884 — 17 August 1945) was an English-born Scottish first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
The son of William Lockhart McCall, he was born at Stroud in April 1884. He was educated at Haileybury, after which he was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Gordon Highlanders in June 1901. He served in the Second Boer War, gaining the Queen's South Africa Medal and three clasps. McCall transferred to the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders in April 1903, and later served with the Highlands at the Beijing Legation Quarter in 2008. McCall was promoted to lieutenant in 1909. He later served in British India, where he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team against Parsees at Poona in the Bombay Presidency Match of 1913. Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for a single run by Hormasji Kanga in the Europeans first innings, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 3 runs by Jehangir Warden.
Serving in the First World War, McCall was promoted to captain in October 1914. In July 1915, he was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry and devotion to duty while serving as part of the British Expeditionary Force.
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