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Mordaunt Henry Caspers Doll (born 5 April 1888 Camberwell, London, England – 30 June 1966 Devizes, Wiltshire, England) was an English cricketer.
Doll was educated at Cambridge University and Charterhouse where he excelled as a schoolboy cricketer (1905–1907). He scored 195 against Westminster in his last season. He and RLL Braddell put on a stand of 214 in the last hour.
He was a hard hitting right-handed batsman who represented MCC (1907–1920), Cambridge University (1908), Demobilised Officers XI (1919), Etceteras XI (1910), Hertfordshire (1907–1909), Middlesex (1912–1919) and PF Warner's XI (1919). He made 43 first-class appearances, scoring 1,097 runs (average 18.59) with a highest score of 102*. As a bowler, he also took 15 wickets (average 43.66) with a personal best of 5/52.
Doll scored 102* in a county record eighth wicket stand of 182 in two hours with HR Murrell for Middlesex versus Nottinghamshire at Lord's in 1913.
He also toured the West Indies in 1912/1913 with an MCC team led by AF Somerset.
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