Andrew Douglas-Home

{{short description|Scottish cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| image =

| country = Scotland

| fullname = Andrew Douglas-Home

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|5|14|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| nickname =

| family = Lord Dunglass (uncle)

| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium

| role =

| club1 = Oxford University

| year1 = 1970

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 4

| runs1 = 33

| bat avg1 = 6.60

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 23

| deliveries1 = 570

| wickets1 = 9

| bowl avg1 = 30.33

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 3/71

| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–

| date = 31 May

| year = 2020

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/12233.html Cricinfo

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Andrew Douglas-Home {{postnominal|OBE}} (born 14 May 1950) is a Scottish former first-class cricketer.

The son of Edward Charles Douglas-Home and Nancy Rose Straker-Smith, he was born at Galashiels in May 1950. He was educated at Eton College,{{cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p6883.htm |title=Andrew Douglas-Home |publisher=www.thepeerage.com |accessdate=2020-05-31}} before going up to Christ Church, Oxford.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29131/29131.html |title=Player profile: Andrew Douglas-Home |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-05-31 |url-access=subscription}} While studying at Oxford, he made played first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1970, making four appearances against Hampshire, Warwickshire, Lancashire and Nottinghamshire.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29131/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Andrew Douglas-Home |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-05-31 |url-access=subscription}} Playing as a right-arm fast-medium bowler, he took 9 wickets at an average of 30.33 and with best figures of 3 for 71.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29131/f_Bowling_by_Team.html |title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Andrew Douglas-Home |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-05-31 |url-access=subscription}} With the bat, he scored 33 runs with a high score of 23.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29131/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Andrew Douglas-Home |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-05-31 |url-access=subscription}}

After graduating from Oxford, he became an accountant.{{cite web|url=http://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/andrew_douglas-home.htm#.XtQHNMDTXIU |title=Andrew Douglas-Home |publisher=www.douglashistory.co.uk |accessdate=2020-05-31}} He was made an OBE in the 2013 New Year Honours for his three decades’ service with the River Tweed Commissioners and for his role with the Abbotsford Trust, which is responsible for conserving Abbotsford House, the home of Walter Scott.{{cite news|url=https://www.berwickshirenews.co.uk/news/andrew-douglas-home-awarded-obe-new-year-honours-list-2358605 |title=Andrew Douglas-Home awarded OBE in New Year Honours List |date=2012-12-31 |work=The Berwickshire News |accessdate=2020-05-31}} His uncle, Lord Dunglass, also played first-class cricket and was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1963 to October 1964.