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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 batsman |
| Bowling: | round arm Right-arm fast |
| Biography: | Succeeded his father as 4th Baron Harris of Seringapatam and Mysore, and of Belmont, in November 1872. Governor of Bombay 1890-95. Chairman, South African Consolidated Goldfields; Director, London, Chatham and Dover Railway and other companies. 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); Marylebone Cricket Club (Main FC: 1871-1895); Oxford University (Main FC: 1871-1874); South (Other FC: 1873-1884); Kent and Gloucestershire (Other FC: 1874-1876); Gentlemen (Other FC: 1875-1884); England (Other FC: 1878/79-1884); Lord Harris' XI (Other FC: 1878/79); Gentlemen of Kent (Other FC: 1880); I Zingari (Other FC: 1882-1888); The Rest (Other FC: 1883); Gentlemen of England (Other FC: 1884-1886); Smokers (Other FC: 1884); Oxford and Cambridge Universities Past and Present (Other FC: 1888); Lord Londesborough's XI (Other FC: 1888); 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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