Harry Lee (cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Cricket player of England.
Date of Birth: 26-Oct-1890
Place of Birth: London
Date of Death: 21-Apr-1981
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Harry Lee (cricketer)
- Henry William "Harry" Lee (26 October 1890 – 21 April 1981) was a professional English cricketer who played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and Middlesex County Cricket Club between 1911 and 1934.
- He made one Test appearance for England, in 1931.
- An all-rounder, Lee was a right-handed batsman and bowled both off break and slow-medium pace bowling with his right arm.
- He scored 1,000 runs in a season on thirteen occasions.
- Part of the County Championship winning sides in 1920 and 1921, Lee aggregated 20,158 runs and took 401 wickets in first-class cricket. The son of a greengrocer, Lee worked hard to earn himself a place in the Middlesex side in the years before the First World War, eventually getting his chance in 1914 when other players had joined the early war effort.
- Lee enlisted in the army in September 1914 and served until December 1915; although shot in the leg, declared dead and taken prisoner of war, he survived and returned to play for Middlesex in 1919.
- He secured his place in the team with three strong all-round seasons, and was twice part of a top four when each batsman scored a century in the same innings—he shares this achievement with Jack Hearne.
- Less prolific through the mid-1920s, he scored runs heavily once again towards the end of the decade.
- He made his only Test appearance in 1931, drafted into the England team after injuries and illness depleted the squad.
- He continued playing county cricket until 1934, when he was released by Middlesex aged 44, to allow the county to develop younger players.
- He umpired first-class cricket from his retirement until the Second World War, standing in 153 matches. Lee's career was overshadowed by more attractive, faster-scoring batsmen in the team, such as Hearne and Patsy Hendren.
- His two younger brothers also played first-class cricket; both Jack and Frank moved to Somerset after failing to break into the Middlesex team.
- All three brothers scored centuries during the 1931 season, the first instance of three professional brothers doing so in first-class cricket.
- Two years later, all three were involved in a single dismissal: Harry was caught by Frank off the bowling of Jack in a county match.
- At the time of his death in 1981, Lee was the second-oldest living Test cricketer.
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