David Macindoe

Major David Henry Macindoe MC (1 September 1917 – 3 March 1986) was an English cricketer. Macindoe was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium-fast. His bowling was characterised with a long run-up and a high arm action. The son of Patrick Macindoe and Cicely Broadbent, he was born at Eton, Buckinghamshire and educated at Eton School.

While studying at Christ Church, Oxford, Macindoe made his first-class debut for Oxford University against Gloucestershire in 1937. He made the majority of his first-class appearances for the university prior to World War II, making 31 appearances between 1937 and 1939. During this period he took 118 wickets, which came at a respectable average of 28.92. His debut season was his most successful, with him taking 44 wickets at 24.40. A compotent lower order batsman, he had his best season with the bat in the 1939 season, scoring 296 runs for the university at a batting average of 29.90, with a high score of 51. He scored both of his first-class fifties in this season, with the score of 51 coming against the Minor Counties. He played a first-class match for the Gentlemen in 1937, becoming the first freshman since Sammy Woods in 1888 to be selected for the Gentlemen. He also played once for the Gentlemen of England in 1938 against the touring Australians.