David Harris (English cricketer)
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| Full name | David Harris | |
| Born | c. 1755 Elvetham, Hampshire, England |
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| Died | 19 May 1803 Crookham Village, Hampshire, England |
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| Batting style | left-handed (LHB) | |
| Bowling style | underarm: right arm fast (RF) | |
| Role | fast bowler | |
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| Years | Team | |
| 1782–1798 | Hampshire | |
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| Source: John Nyren, 6 October 2009 | ||
David Harris (c. 1755 – 19 May 1803) was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1782 to 1798.
He made 79 known first-class appearances and was mainly associated with Hampshire when its teams were organised by the Hambledon Club. As well as playing for Hampshire, Harris appeared for a number of other teams including Berkshire, Kent, Surrey, Marylebone Cricket Club and several invitation XIs.
Noted for his fast and accurate bowling, Harris was a right arm fast underarm bowler and a left-handed batsman.
NB: Match scorecards in the 18th century were incomplete as full details of dismissals were not recorded. Bowlers were only credited with a wicket if they bowled the batsman out; catches were credited to the fielder only.
Born c. 1755, Elvetham, Hampshire, The earliest known mention of David Harris occurs in a minor match at Odiham on 27 May 1782 when he played for Alresford and Odiham against a Hampshire County XI. He played for Odiham again in October 1782 in a match against a Berkshire XI, when another Odiham player in the game was one T. Harris.
Harris' first recorded game for Hampshire was against Kent on 3–5 July 1782, a match which also featured the known debut of Kent's Joey Ring. Although he was never noted as a batsman, Harris made the top score of 27 in Hampshire's first innings, in which they were dismissed for 87. Harris played three times for Hampshire in the 1783 season, twice against Kent and once against All-England. He took nine wickets in these matches.
Harris is only recorded once in 1784 when he again played for Odiham in a minor match. In 1785, when few first-class matches took place, Harris played for Berkshire against Essex.
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