Roger Meredith Harris (born 27 July 1933) is a former New Zealand cricketer[1] who played in two Tests in 1959.
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| Full name | Roger Meredith Harris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 July 1933 Ōtāhuhu, Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 86) | 27 February 1959 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 14 March 1959 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1955/56–1973/74 | Auckland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
editA right-handed opening batsman and occasional medium pace bowler, Harris played first-class cricket for Auckland from 1955–56 to 1973–74. He made his first century in the opening match of the 1957–58 season, reaching 100 in 178 minutes and going on to make 111 on the last day of Auckland's close victory over Canterbury.[2] In the 1958–59 Plunket Shield season, he made 329 runs at an average of 36.55.[3] He was selected to open New Zealand's batting against England in the two Tests at the end of the season, he and his opening partner Bruce Bolton both making their Test debuts. He was not successful against England's pace bowlers, scoring 31 runs in the two matches, and played no further Tests.[4]
In first-class cricket, Harris's top score was 157 for Auckland against Northern Districts in 1969–70.[5] Late in his career, he was an effective all-rounder in the early years of one-day cricket in New Zealand.[6]
Harris and Graham Gedye opened the batting together in several hundred games for Papatoetoe Cricket Club[7] and for Auckland in the Plunket Shield.[8] They continued the partnership playing lawn bowls together for 30 more years.[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Centenary boost for Papatoetoe club". The New Zealand Herald. 23 November 2005. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ "Auckland's Dramatic Win in Shield Match". Press: 11. 28 December 1957.
- ^ "Plunket Shield Batting averages 1958–59". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ Christopher Martin-Jenkins, The Complete Who's Who of Test Cricketers, Rigby, Adelaide, 1983, p. 389.
- ^ "Auckland v Northern Districts 1969–70". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ "Roger Harris". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ^ "Most runs" (PDF). 112th Annual Report 2017 – 2018. Papatoetoe Cricket Club. 24 July 2018. p. 36. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- ^ "Wisden Obituaries – 2014: Gedye, Sydney Graham". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. John Wisden & Co. 2015. p. 189.
- ^ Cameron, DJ (12 August 2014). "Former Kiwi cricket rep Graham Gedye dies". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 19 October 2018.