Dawson Harron
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| Full name | Dawson Gascoigne Harron | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 September 1921 Langley Park, County Durham, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 21 July 1988 (aged 66) Coventry, Warwickshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1951 | Leicestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1947–1948 | Durham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 8 September 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dawson Gascoigne Harron (12 September 1921 – 21 July 1988) was an English cricketer. Harron was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Langley Park, County Durham.
Harron made his debut for Durham in the 1947 Minor Counties Championship against Staffordshire. He played Minor counties cricket for Durham from 1947 to 1949, making five Minor Counties Championship appearances.[1]
Harron later joined Leicestershire, making his first-class debut for the county against Middlesex in the 1951 County Championship. He made nine further first-class appearances in 1951, the last of which came against Yorkshire.[2] In his ten first-class matches, he scored a total of 186 runs at an average of 15.50, with a high score of 53.[3] This score, which was his only first-class fifty, came against Surrey.[4]
He died at Coventry, Warwickshire on 21 July 1988.
References[edit]
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Dawson Harron". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Dawson Harron". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Dawson Harron". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
- ^ "Surrey v Leicestershire, 1951 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
External links[edit]
- Dawson Harron at ESPNcricinfo
- Dawson Harron at CricketArchive