The son of Patrick McDonald (1852-1928) and Margaret McDonald (1853-1928), née Figgins, Archibald William Campbell McDonald, one of five boys and three girls, was born on 25 December 1882 in Nagambie, Victoria.
Arch and Ted played together in their only game with the Essendon First XVIII: the last match of the season, against Fitzroy, at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground, on 9 September 1905.
He married Susan Lillian Patten (1884-1972) in 1910.
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