John Strachan (cricketer)

John Harold Strachan MC (8 March 1896 – 1 December 1988) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

The son of Walter Strachan, he was born at Walton-on-Thames in March 1896, and was educated at Charterhouse School.[1] His final year at Charterhouse coincided with the start of the First World War, and when he left he enlisted in the King's Own Scottish Borderers as a second lieutenant in March 1915.[2] He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in May 1917, antedated to July 1916.[3] He was awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty.[4] He later played a single first-class cricket match for the Free Foresters against Cambridge University at Fenner's in 1926.[5] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed without scoring by Leonard Irvine, while in their second-innings he was promoted up the order to open, scoring 53 runs before being dismissed by the same bowler.[6] He later emigrated to Canada, where he died in December 1988 at Collingwood, Ontario.