- Roy Harrison
Roy Harrison (born
30 August 1939 inLurgan ,County Armagh ,Northern Ireland [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26771/26771.html Cricket Archive profile] ] ) is an Irish formercricketer . A right-handedbatsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he played three times for theIreland cricket team between 1967 and 1968 [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/ire2282.htm CricketEurope Stats Zone profile] ] including one first-class match. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26771/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Roy Harrison at Cricket Archive] ]Playing career
Harrison made his debut for Ireland against Worcestershire in
Dublin in June 1967. It was very much an inauspicious debut, as he was dismissed for a duck in both innings. He returned to the Irish side in August the following year, scoring 43 against the Combined Services, his highest score for Ireland. He then played his final match for Ireland against Scotland, which was his only first-class match.tatistics
In his three matches for Ireland, he scored 59 runs at an average of 11.80.
Post playing career
Harrison served as president of the
Irish Cricket Union in 2006. [ [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/IRELAND/DATABASE/THEICU/officers.shtml ICU Officers since 1923 at CricketEurope] ]Family
Harrison came from a cricketing family. Three of his brothers, Deryck, Garfield and Jim, all played for Ireland, as did his brother-in-law
Eddie Bushe and his nephewJonathan Bushe .References
External links
* [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CSTATZ/irelandall/ire2282.htm CricketEurope Stats Zone profile]
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/26/26771/26771.html Cricket Archive profile]
* [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/24390.html Cricinfo profile]
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