Roger Harris (cricketer)
Roger Meredith Harris (born 27 July 1933, Otahuhu, Auckland) is a former New Zealand cricketer[1] who played in two Tests in 1959.
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| Full name | Roger Meredith Harris | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 July 1933 Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut | 27 February 1959 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 14 March 1959 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cricket career
A right-handed opening batsman and occasional medium-pace bowler, Harris played for Auckland from 1955-56 to 1973–74. In the 1958-59 Plunket Shield season he made 329 runs at an average of 36.55.[2] He was selected to open the batting against England in the two Tests at the end of the season, he and his opening partner Bruce Bolton both making their Test debuts. He was not successful, scoring 31 runs in the two matches, and played no further Tests.
In first-class cricket his top score was 157 for Auckland against Northern Districts in 1969–70.[3] He and Graham Gedye opened the batting together in several hundred games for Papatoetoe Cricket Club[4] and for Auckland in the Plunket Shield,[5] and continued the partnership playing lawn bowls together for 30 more years.[6]
References
- "Cricket: Centenary boost for Papatoetoe club -". The New Zealand Herald. 23 November 2005. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- "Plunket Shield Batting averages 1958-59". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- "Auckland v Northern Districts 1969-70". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- "MOST RUNS" (PDF). 112TH ANNUAL REPORT 2017 – 2018. Papatoetoe Cricket Club. 24 July 2018. p. 36. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- "Wisden Obituaries - 2014: GEDYE, SYDNEY GRAHAM". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. John Wisden & Co. 2015. p. 189.
- DJ Cameron (12 August 2014). "Former Kiwi cricket rep Graham Gedye dies". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 19 October 2018.