Claude Mulcahy

{{Short description|South African cricketer and South African Army officer}}

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| country = South Africa

| fullname = Claude Ludovic Hickman Mulcahy

| birth_date = 26 June 1886

| birth_place = Little Headington, Oxfordshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1916|7|11|1886|6|26}}

| death_place = Montauban-de-Picardie, Somme, France

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| club1 = Natal

| year1 = 1910/11

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 2

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| top score1 = 2*

| deliveries1 = 54

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| date = 1 April

| year = 2021

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/46381.html Cricinfo

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Claude Ludovic Hickman Mulcahy (26 June 1886 – 11 July 1916) was an English-born South African first-class cricketer and South African Army officer.

The son of Captain Henry Hickman and Annie Margaret Mulcahy, he was born in January 1892 at Little Headington, Oxfordshire. Emigrating to the Colony of Natal as a child, he was educated there at Estcourt High School.{{cite book|last=McCrery|first=Nigel|title=Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6mphCgAAQBAJ|date=30 July 2015|publisher=Pen and Sword|isbn=978-1473864191|page=233}} He played first-class cricket in South Africa, making a single appearance for Natal in 1911 against Orange Free State at Lord's No. 4 Ground in the Currie Cup.{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14176/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Claude Mulcahy|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2 April 2021|url-access=subscription}} He scored 44 runs in his four matches, with a highest score of 24.{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13124/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by William Carlsson|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=1 April 2021|url-access=subscription}} He batted once in the match, ending the Natal first innings unbeaten on 2, while with the ball he bowled nine wicketless overs across both Orange Free States innings'.{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/8/8345.html|title=Natal v Orange Free State, Currie Cup 1910/11|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2 April 2021|url-access=subscription}}

Mulcahy served in the First World War with the 2nd South African Infantry Regiment, which formed part of the South African Overseas Expeditionary Force. He was promoted to the temporary rank of lieutenant in January 1916, which was antedated to August 1915.{{London Gazette|issue=29453|date=25 January 1916|page=1111|supp=y}} Mulcahy was killed in action at Bernafay Wood during the Battle of the Somme on 11 July 1916. He is commemorated at the Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension.