Harry Alexander (cricketer), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Harry Alexander (cricketer)
- Harry Houston "Bull" Alexander (9 June 1905 – 15 April 1993) was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test match, the fifth of the 1932-33 "bodyline series" against England at the Sydney Cricket Ground, as a fast, right-arm opening bowler.He played for Victoria in 27 first-class matches between 1929 and 1933, and toured India with the unofficial Australian team in 1935-36.
- His best first-class figures were 7 for 95 for Victoria against New South Wales in the 1932-33 Sheffield Shield.
- He also played 89 matches for Essendon and 4 matches for North Melbourne in Melbourne local competition cricket between 1924-25 and 1936-37.
- During the Second World War Alexander served as a warrant officer in the Australian Army from 1940 to 1945.
- He served in Malta, the Middle East and the Pacific.Alexander later moved to Euroa in central Victoria, where he worked as a wool classer and became a municipal councillor.
- He oversaw the reconstruction of the local Memorial Oval to the precise dimensions of the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
- He was responsible for organising touring teams to play at the oval, including MCC touring teams during the 1950s and 1960s.
- He was also a past president of the Euroa Football Club.
- Social rooms at the Memorial Oval are named in his honour and he is listed in the Alexandra, Euroa & District Cricket Association Hall of Fame.
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