John Harry (1 August 1857 – 27 October 1919) was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test match at Adelaide in 1895.
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| Full name | John Harry | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 August 1857 Ballarat, Colony of Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 October 1919 (aged 62) Canterbury, Melbourne, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder, occasional wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test (cap 70) | 11 January 1895 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1883–84 to 1897–98 | Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Harry was a talented batsman, bowler, fieldsman and wicket-keeper who played for the East Melbourne Cricket Club and represented Victoria from 1884 to 1897.[1][2] He could throw strongly with either hand.[3] His highest first-class score was 114 for Victoria against Western Australia in April 1893.[4]
After top-scoring with 70 for Victoria against the touring English team in November 1894,[5] Harry was selected to play in the Third Test in Adelaide a few weeks later. Australia won by a large margin, but he was not successful, and he never played another Test.[6]
Harry was picked for the Australians' 1896 England tour but was replaced before the tour began, ostensibly because of a knee injury, but in fact because the rest of the team voted him out. He sued the Australasian Cricket Council, accepting an out-of-court settlement of £180.[7]
Harry returned to Bendigo, where he had lived before his first-class cricket career, and resumed work as a miner. He contracted silicosis and died in October 1919, aged 62.[8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Cricket: Death of Mr. 'Jack' Harry". The Age: 10. 30 October 1919.
- ^ "Jack Harry". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ Clarke, A. E. (22 January 1927). "The Charm of Cricket: Some Reminiscences of Sam Morris". Sporting Globe: 6.
- ^ "Victoria v Western Australia 1892-93". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ "Victoria v AE Stoddart's XI 1894-95". Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ "3rd Test, Adelaide, January 11-15, 1895, England tour of Australia". Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ Williamson, Martin. "John Harry". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "Death of J. Harry". Weekly Times: 21. 8 November 1919.