Herbert Harper
| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Herbert Harper | |||
| Born | 1 February 1889 King's Heath, Birmingham, England |
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| Died | 6 August 1983 (aged 94) Birmingham, England |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Leg-break | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | FC | |||
| Matches | 1 | |||
| Runs scored | 10 | |||
| Batting average | 5.00 | |||
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | |||
| Top score | 7 | |||
| Balls bowled | 0 | |||
| Wickets | 0 | |||
| Bowling average | - | |||
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | |||
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | |||
| Best bowling | - | |||
| Catches/stumpings | 0/0 | |||
| Source: CricketArchive, 22 May 2009 | ||||
Herbert Harper, also known as Harry Harper (1 February 1889 – 6 August 1983), was an English cricketer who played a single first-class match, for Worcestershire against Yorkshire in 1920. Batting at seven, he was bowled in each innings, for 7 and 3, as Worcestershire went down to an innings defeat.[1]
Although that was Harper's only appearance in first-class cricket, he had appeared for Warwickshire's Second XI before the First World War,[2] and scored 115 to help his side to an 11-wicket win (it was a 12-a-side game) against Worcestershire's Second XI in 1909.[3] He also umpired in the Minor Counties Championship in the late 1940s.[4]
At the time of his death, after a fall at his home in Birmingham aged 94 years 186 days, Harper was the oldest surviving County Championship cricketer.[5]
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Worcestershire v Yorkshire in 1920". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/9/9803.html. Retrieved 22 May 2009.
- ^ "Other matches played by Herbert Harper". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/29/29975/Other_matches.html. Retrieved 22 May 2009.
- ^ "Worcestershire Second XI v Warwickshire Second XI". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/129/129252.html. Retrieved 22 May 2009.
- ^ "Herbert Harper as Umpire in Minor Counties Championship Matches". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/29/29975/Umpire_in_Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html. Retrieved 22 May 2009.
- ^ "Players and Officials - Harry Harper". Wisden Cricket Monthly. Cricinfo. http://content.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/14547.html.
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