Fred Harker
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| Full name | Fred Harker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
12 May 1911 Norton-on-Tees, County Durham, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
14 March 1999 (aged 87) Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Leg break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1947 | Durham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1944/45 | Bengal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 31 August 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fred Harker (12 May 1911 – 14 March 1999) was an English cricketer. Harker was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break. He was born in Norton-on-Tees, County Durham.
Harker made a single first-class appearance in the British Raj for Bengal against United Provinces in the 1944/45 Ranji Trophy.[1] In Bengal's first-innings he was dismissed for a duck by S.N. Gandhi, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 16 runs by J. Mehra. He bowled during the United Provinces first-innings, taking the wicket of A. Majeed for the cost of 16 runs from 4 overs.[2] Later when he was back in England, he played two matches for Durham in the 1947 Minor Counties Championship, playing a match each against the Yorkshire Second XI and the Lancashire Second XI.[3]
He died in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham on 14 March 1999.
References
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Fred Harker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
- ↑ "Bengal v United Provinces, 1944/45 Ranji Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
- ↑ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Fred Harker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 August 2011.