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Full name: | George Robert Canning Harris |
Born: | 3rd February 1851, St Ann, Port of Spain, Trinidad |
Died: | 24th March 1932, Belmont, Throwley, Kent, England |
Batting: | Right-hand batter |
Bowling: | round arm Right-arm fast |
Biography: | Succeeded his father as 4th Baron Harris of Seringapatam and Mysore, and of Belmont, in November 1872. Conservative junior minister India Office 1885-86 and War Office 1886-89. Governor of Bombay 1890-95. Lord-in-Waiting (government Whip) 1895-1900. Chairman, South African Consolidated Goldfields; Director, London, Chatham and Dover Railway and other companies. Appointed GCIE 1890, GCSI 1895 for services to the government of India, and CB 1918 for services to the Territorial Army in Kent. Chairman, County Cricket Council 1887-89. President of MCC 1895-96 (the first Test cricketer to hold the post), and MCC Treasurer 1916-32. |
Education: | Christ Church, Oxford University |
Relations: | Nephew: NE Haig; Son: GS Harris; Uncle: WM Jervis |
Teams: | England (Test: 1878/79-1884); Kent (Main FC: 1870-1911); Oxford University (Main FC: 1871-1874); All teams |
Eton College Captain: 1870 | |
Kent Captain: 1875 - 1889 | |
Kent cap: 1882 | |
Lists of matches and more detailed statistics | |
Articles: | Brief profile of Lord Harris |
Pictures: | Portrait of Lord Harris |
Lord Harris going out to bat, 1922 | |
Batting Portrait of Lord Harris |
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Test Career Batting and Fielding (1878/79-1884) | ||||||||||
M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | ||
England | 4 | 6 | 1 | 145 | 52 | 29.00 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Test Career Bowling (1878/79-1884) | ||||||||||
Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | SRate | Econ | |
England | 32 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0-14 | 5.43 |
First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1870-1911) | ||||||||||
M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | ||
Overall | 224 | 395 | 23 | 9990 | 176 | 26.85 | 11 | 55 | 190 |
First-Class Career Bowling (1870-1911) | ||||||||||
Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | SRate | Econ | |
Overall | 3478 | 276 | 1776 | 75 | 5-57 | 24.32 | 1 | 0 | 47.64 | 3.04 |
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