Arthur Deloitte MacCormick (1864 – 14 January 1948) was an Australian cricketer. He played one first-class match in New Zealand for Otago in the 1888–89 season.
MacCormick was born at Balmain in Sydney, Australia in 1864. He was one of 11 children.Mrs E. A. MacCormick, Auckland Star, volume XLIX, issue 271, 27 July 1926, p. 5. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 1 June 2023.) His father, John MacCormick, was a barrister who worked in Auckland,Mr Evan MacCormick, Auckland Star, volume XLIX, issue 271, 13 November 1918, p. 4. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 1 June 2023.) but both Arthur and his older brother Charles were born in Australia. The family moved to Auckland in 1865.McCarron, Tony (2010). New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 83. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. and Arthur was educated at Auckland Grammar School and Auckland University College.The intercolonial match, New Zealand Herald, volume XXIII, issue 7813, 6 December 1888, p. 6. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 1 June 2023.)
MacCormick worked for the Colonial Bank of New Zealand, initially in Auckland before transferring to Dunedin in March 1888. He had played club cricket for Auckland United and was described at the time as "the well-known Auckland cricketer".The state of the streets, Evening Star, volume XXXV, issue 59, 12 March 1888, p. 2. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 1 June 2023.) He had been considered for selection for an Auckland team against a touring Australian team in 1886, but was unable to get leave to play. The New Zealand Herald described him as a change bowler who "bowls pretty well" and who "is a fair batsman" despite being "very nervous" at the crease.
His only first-class match was a January 1889 fixture between Otago and Canterbury played at Lancaster Park in Christchurch. He took two wickets in the match as Otago lost by an innings.Arthur MacCormick, CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
Having returned to Sydney by the time of his mother's death in 1926, MacCormick died in the city in 1948.
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