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Full name | Donald Montague McVeagh Pratt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Dublin, Leinster, Ireland | 9 July 1935||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | George McVeagh (uncle) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1963–1966 | Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,26 October 2018 |
Donald Montague McVeagh Pratt (born 9 July 1935) is an Irish businessman and former first-class cricketer.
Born at Dublin,Pratt was educated in the city at Sandford Park School and St Columba's College. [1] He later studied at Trinity College Dublin,where he played cricket for Dublin University Cricket Club. [1] After completing his studies,Pratt moved into the legal profession as a solicitor. [1] Playing his club cricket in Dublin for Phoenix, [1] he made his debut in first-class cricket for Ireland against Scotland at Derry in 1963. [2] He played five further first-class matches for Ireland,appearing against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1964,the touring New Zealanders,Scotland,and Hampshire in 1965,and the MCC in 1966. [2] He scored 171 run in these six matches,averaging 14.25. [3] He had just two innings of note where he passed fifty, [3] with a highest score of 58 against the New Zealanders at Belfast. [4] [1] Pratt was also a noted squash player,winning the Irish Squash Championship for ten years in a row. [5] He stopped working as a solicitor in 1974,when he and his wife purchased Avoca Handweavers,a County Wicklow business dating back to 1723. [5] By 2006,the company had eight stores in Ireland and one in the United States,and employed 475 people. [5]
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