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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); 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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