George Harrison (Yorkshire cricketer)
George Puckrin Harrison (11 February 1862 – 14 September 1940) was an English first-class cricketer, who played fifty nine first-class matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1883 and 1892.[1] He also appeared in first-class cricket for the Players (1883), T Emmett's XI (1883), Lord Sheffield's XI (1884), an England XI (1884) and L Hall's Yorkshire XI (1891).
Born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, Harrison was a right arm fast medium bowler, who took 249 wickets at 15.70, with a best of 7 for 43 against Lancashire in a Roses match. He took 5 wickets in an innings fourteen times and 10 wickets in a match on three occasions, against Surrey, Kent and the MCC. Harrison was a right-handed tail ender, scoring 484 runs at 6.72, with a top score of 28 against Surrey at Bramall Lane in 1885, and he took 39 catches.
He began his career at Lord's when he dismissed A. N. Hornby in the first innings, and bowled out Lord Harris for 2 in the second innings. In the 1883 season, Harrison took 100 wickets at 13.26 each. Harrison was a success in League cricket and for Bowling Old Lane C.C. from 1883 to 1898, he took 878 wickets at nine each, and in three seasons for Idle C.C. took 215 wickets at 9.15 each. Harrison lost his Yorkshire place due to an arm injury, which prevented him bowling at his previous pace.
He was an umpire from the 1890s until 1910, when he joined the first-class list and stood for about 15 years.
[edit] References
- ^ Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 370. ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.
