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.[1]

Harry Alexander

Personal information
Full name	Harry Houston Alexander
Born	(1905-06-09)9 June 1905 Ascot Vale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	15 April 1993(1993-04-15) (aged 87) East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Nickname	Bull
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast
International information
National side	Australia
Only Test (cap 149)	23 February 1933 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1928/29–1933/34	Victoria
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class Matches 1 41 Runs scored 17 228 Batting average 17.00 6.16 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 Top score 17* 23* Balls bowled 276 6,449 Wickets 1 95 Bowling average 154.00 33.91 5 wickets in innings 0 2 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 1/129 7/95 Catches/stumpings 0/0 17/0
Source: Cricinfo, 1 December 2019

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.[2] 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.[3] He served in Malta, the Middle East and the Pacific.[4]

Alexander later moved to Euroa in central Victoria, where he worked as a wool classer and became a municipal councillor.[4] 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.[4] 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.