Martin McIntyre

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Martin McIntyre (15 August 1847 – 28 February 1885) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire from 1868 to 1877. He was born in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, and died in Moorgreen.[http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/17486.html Martin McIntyre at ESPNcricinfo]

McIntyre was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm round-arm fast bowler from a mining background.{{cite web |title=Martin McIntyre |url=https://www.trentbridge.co.uk/trentbridge/history/players/martin-mcintyre.html |website=Notts CCC |access-date=25 April 2024}} In 77 first-class games he scored 1,992 runs at an average of 16.32 and took 194 wickets at an average of 17.39. In a low-scoring match for Nottinghamshire against Surrey in 1872, he made 88 not out and 28, and took 9 for 33 and 3 for 66.{{cite web |title=Surrey v Nottinghamshire 1872 |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1870S/1872/ENG_LOCAL/SURREY_NOTTS_12-14AUG1872.html |website=Cricinfo |access-date=25 April 2024}} For North against South at Lord's in 1873 he took 8 for 18 in the South's first innings then top-scored with 77 in the North's second innings.{{cite web |title=South v North 1873 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1/1806.html|website=CricketArchive |access-date=25 April 2024}} He toured Australia with W. G. Grace's XI in 1873–74.

McIntyre's career was hampered by his heavy drinking. He died of tuberculosis in 1885 aged 37, leaving a widow and children.