- Don Hardy
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Personal information Full name Donald Wrightson Hardy Born 24 March 1926
East Boldon, County Durham, EnglandDied 16 January 1998 (aged 71)
Felling, County Durham, EnglandBatting style Right-handed Bowling style Right-arm medium Domestic team information Years Team 1965 Minor Counties 1948–1967 Durham Career statistics Competition First-class List A Matches 1 3 Runs scored 29 15 Batting average 14.50 7.50 100s/50s –/– –/– Top score 29 15 Balls bowled – 6 Wickets – – Bowling average – – 5 wickets in innings – – 10 wickets in match – – Best bowling – – Catches/stumpings 1/– 1/– Source: Cricinfo, 6 August 2011 Donald 'Don' Wrightson Hardy (24 March 1926 – 16 January 1998) was an English cricketer. Hardy was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in East Boldon, County Durham and educated at Worksop College.
Hardy made his debut for Durham against Northumberland in the 1948 Minor Counties Championship. He played Minor counties cricket for Durham from 1948 to 1967, making 138 Minor Counties Championship appearances.[1] He made his List A debut against Hertfordshire in the 1964 Gillette Cup. He made 2 further List A appearances, against Sussex in the following round of the same competition, and Nottinghamshire in the 1967 Gillette Cup.[2] In his 3 List A matches, he scored 15 runs at an average of 7.50, with a high score of 15.[3] He captained Durham from 1955 to 1967.
He also played a single first-class match for the Minor Counties against the touring South Africans in 1965.[4] He captained the team in this match, scoring 29 runs in the Minor Counties first-innings, before being dismissed by Atholl McKinnon. In their second-innings he was dismissed for a duck by Norman Crookes.[5]
Hardy died in Felling, County Durham on 16 January 1998.
References
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Don Hardy". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29955/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
- ^ "List A Matches played by Don Hardy". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29955/List_A_Matches.html. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
- ^ "List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Don Hardy". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29955/a_Batting_by_Team.html. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Don Hardy". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29955/First-Class_Matches.html. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
- ^ "Minor Counties v South Africans, 1965". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/27/27611.html. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
External links
Categories:- 1926 births
- 1998 deaths
- People from South Tyneside (district)
- Old Worksopians
- English cricketers
- Durham cricketers
- Durham cricket captains
- Minor Counties cricketers
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