Angus Alexander McLachlan (born 11 November 1944) is an Australian pastoralist and former

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er.

Cricket career

Like his elder brother Ian before him, McLachlan was educated at St. Peter's College,

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, and Jesus College at the

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. He made his first-class cricket debut for

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in his freshman year, 1964, taking 4 for 41 with "excellent leg-spin bowling" against

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. Two games later he took 4 for 36 and 1 for 36 in an innings victory over

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. He kept his place in the team for the rest of the season, playing in the annual match against

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at Lord's. He finished the season with 18 wickets at 33.55. Although his bowling "did not come up to expectations" and was "often expensive" in 1965, he played most of Cambridge's matches and once again appeared against Oxford at Lord's. His best figures were 4 for 101 against

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. He finished 1965 with 14 wickets at 42.42. In the 1966 season, the Cambridge captain,

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, refused to allow players to play at all if they did not make themselves available for the whole season, and having devoted himself to his studies during the early weeks of the season, McLachlan was not selected for any matches.

Pastoral career

In 1971, at the age of 26, McLachlan took charge of the family

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, Rosebank, in the Mount Pleasant area of the Adelaide Hills in

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. He also owned the Victorian sheep station Liewah, near

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, until 2008. Rosebank is a prominent

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stud. It also produces cattle, and won the Meat Standards Australia award for South Australian producer of the year for 2014-15 for its grass-fed veal cattle.

Personal life

McLachlan and his wife Sylvia have four sons. Gillon (born 1973) has been chief executive officer of the Australian Football League since 2014; Hamish (born 1975) is a sports broadcaster and host with

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McLachlan, Angus 1944 births Living people Australian cricketers Cambridge University cricketers Cricketers from Adelaide Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge People educated at St Peter's College, Adelaide Australian farmers