Edward Harrison (cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Edward Harrison (cricketer)

Cricketer, Squash player

Date of Birth: 25-May-1910

Place of Birth: Chichester, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 12-Dec-2002

Profession: cricketer, squash player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Edward Harrison (cricketer)

  • Edward Ernest Harrison (25 May 1910 – 12 December 2002) was an English cricketer and squash player.
  • In cricket, Harrison was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium.
  • The son of Ernest Redford Harrison, he was born at Chichester, Sussex, and educated at Harrow School.Harrison made his first-class debut for Sussex against Worcestershire in the 1946 County Championship, having played for the county during wartime matches.
  • He made eight further first-class appearances for the county in that season, before playing his final first-class match the following season against Cambridge University, in what was his only appearance in that season.
  • Predominantly a bowler who "bowled with indefatigable persistency", Harrison usually bowled with the new ball and took 17 wickets in his ten first-class matches, which came at an average of 29.29, with best figures of 2/28.
  • With the bat, he scored 120 runs at a batting average of 10.00, with a high score of 23.Following his brief playing career, Harrison served as the chairman of the Sussex cricket committee, having served on the committee itself from the 1940s.
  • He played for the wandering cricket club the Sussex Martlets, where he was their secretary from 1950 to 1985 and then president.
  • He subsequently became the vice-president of the Friends of Arundel Castle Cricket Club.
  • Outside of cricket, Harrison also played squash to a high level, playing for England and twice winning the amateur doubles championship.
  • In his personal life, he married Susan d'Esterre Hubbard, daughter of Gerald Napier Hubbard and Bertha Caroline Garnier, on 10 September 1936.
  • Their marriage lasted until 1951, when they divorced.
  • They had a son, born 1937.
  • Harrison died at the city of his birth on 12 December 2002.

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