Hugh Harrison (cricketer)
Hugh Robert Edward Harrison JP (16 April 1875 – 15 May 1912)[1] was a Welsh first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
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Full name | Hugh Robert Edward Harrison | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 16 April 1875 Forden, Montgomeryshire, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 15 May 1912 37) Folkestone, Kent, England | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1896–1897 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 19 April 2021 |
The son of Robert Harrison, he was born at the Montgomeryshire village of Forden in April 1875 and was educated at Eton College, where he was in the cricket eleven.[2] He joined served in the British Army with the South Wales Borderers, gaining the rank of lieutenant with them in August 1894.[3] He played at county level below first-class for Shropshire between 1893 and 1896.[4] He played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1896 and 1897, making four appearances.[5] His four appearances yielded him 123 runs with a highest score of 55,[6] in addition to two wickets with his right-arm fast bowling.[7] He was transferred to the Grenadier Guards in October 1896, which saw him demoted to second lieutenant.[8]
He was promoted back to lieutenant in September 1898,[9] with promotion to captain following in February 1899, at which point he had returned to the South Wales Borderers.[10] Harrison resigned his commission in February 1901.[11] A sometime justice of the peace for Montgomeryshire,[2] he suffered financial hardship in the latter years of his life, being declared bankrupt in November 1906.[12] He was divorced from his wife, Evelyn Hester Miller, in January 1909 on account of "desertion and misconduct".[13] They had been married since 1898.[14] Harrison later died in England at Folkestone on 15 May 1912.[1]
References
- Bye-gones. pp. 237–38.
- The Eton College Register. Eton: Spottiswode & Co., Ltd. p. 116. ISBN 978-1141069019.
- "No. 26537". The London Gazette. 31 July 1894. p. 4396.
- Percival, Tony (1999). Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998. A.C.S. Publications, Nottingham. pp. 15, 45. ISBN 1-902171-17-9.Published by Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
- "First-Class Matches played by Hugh Harrison". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Hugh Harrison". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Hugh Harrison". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- "No. 26785". The London Gazette. 31 October 1896. p. 5610.
- "No. 27021". The London Gazette. 8 November 1898. p. 6511.
- "No. 27052". The London Gazette. 14 February 1899. p. 933.
- "No. 27288". The London Gazette. 22 February 1901. p. 1355.
- "No. 11886". The Edinburgh Gazette. 30 November 1906. p. 1288.
- Items of general news. Globe. 13 January 1909. p. 9
- Marriages. The Morning Post. 5 July 1898. p. 7