Harry Wilson (Worcestershire cricketer)

Harry Wilson (1873 - 13 August 1906) was an English first-class cricketer, who played in six matches for Worcestershire in the early 20th century.

Harry Wilson
Personal information
Full nameHarry Wilson
Born1873
Yorkshire, England
Died13 August 1906(1906-08-13) (aged 32–33)
Kidderminster, Wolverhampton, England
Battingunknown
BowlingSlow left-arm
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1900–1906Worcestershire
First-class debut15 July 1901 Worcestershire v South Africans
Last First-class2 July 1906 Worcestershire v Kent County Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 6
Runs scored 64
Batting average 8.00
100s/50s –/0
Top score 21
Balls bowled 723
Wickets 13
Bowling average 28.69
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 6-86
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricketarchive, 19 November 2007

He was born in Yorkshire, and played for the county's Colts side before moving south. For Worcestershire, he made his debut against the touring South Africans in 1901, but his most notable achievement was to take 6-86 on his County Championship debut against Surrey in June 1903, albeit in a game Worcestershire lost by an innings. His first victim was the 45-year-old Bobby Abel, then nearing the end of his long career. Wilson took 4-67 against Kent a few days later, but picked up only three more wickets in the rest of his short career.

Wilson's last match was also against Kent, in July 1906; barely a month later he was dead, aged only 32 or 33. He died in Kidderminster, Worcestershire.


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