Dunbar Duncan

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Dunbar Duncan

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Dunbar Wilson Johnston Duncan

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1852|7|8|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Southampton, Hampshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1919|12|12|1852|7|8|df=yes}}

| death_place = Regent's Park, London, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Unknown

| family = Arthur Duncan (brother)

| club1 = Hampshire

| year1 = 1875–1885

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 17

| runs1 = 581

| bat avg1 = 22.34

| 100s/50s1 = –/4

| top score1 = 87*

| deliveries1 = 60

| wickets1 = 3

| bowl avg1 = 6.00

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 1/1

| catches/stumpings1 = 4/–

| date = 8 December

| year = 2009

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11957.html Cricinfo

}}

Dunbar Wilson Johnston Duncan (8 July 1852 – 12 December 1919) was an English first-class cricketer.

Duncan was born at Southampton in July 1852. A heavy run-scorer in club cricket for Swanmore in local league cricket,{{cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000495/18760610/017/0004|title=Cricket|work=Hampshire Advertiser|location=Southampton|page=4|date=10 June 1876|access-date=18 June 2024|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}}{{cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000495/18760621/012/0003|title=Cricket|work=Hampshire Advertiser|location=Southampton|page=3|date=21 June 1876|access-date=18 June 2024|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}} Duncan made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Sussex at Winchester in 1875,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6573/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Dunbar Duncan|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=18 June 2024|url-access=subscription}} debuting alongside his brother Arthur.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/2/2184.html|title=Hampshire v Kent, County Match 1878|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=18 June 2024|url-access=subscription}} He played first-class cricket until Hampshire lost its first-class status in 1885, having made seventeen appearances. In these, he scored 581 runs at an average of 22.34; he made four half centuries, with a highest score of 87 not out.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6573/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Dunbar Duncan|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=18 June 2024|url-access=subscription}} The Hampshire Advertiser posthumously described him as "an excellent bat, with a most graceful style".{{cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003142/19310110/101/0005|title=Hampshire players of the eighties|work=Hampshire Advertiser|location=Southampton|page=5|date=10 January 1931|access-date=18 June 2024|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}} Despite the loss of Hampshire's first-class status, Duncan continued to play second-class cricket for Hampshire until 1889.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6573/all_teams.html|title=Teams Dunbar Duncan played for|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=18 June 2024|url-access=subscription}} Duncan died at Regent's Park in London on 12 December 1919.