George Joseph Harris (22 November 1904 – 28 December 1988) was an English cricketer. Harris was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Underwood, Nottinghamshire and was the older brother of famous Nottinghamshire batsman Charles Harris.

Cricket career

Harris represented Glamorgan in a single first-class match in 1932 against Surrey. In his only first-class innings he was dismissed for a duck by Freddie Brown. In the field he took a single catch.

George Harris (cricketer, born 1904)

Prior to his only first-class appearance, Harris had represented his birth county Nottinghamshire in a single match in the 1925 Minor Counties Championship which saw the Nottinghamshire Second XI play the Yorkshire Second XI.

George Harris (cricketer, born 1904)

Football career

Harris played football for Mansfield town in the 1920s, where he played as a goalkeeper. In the 1925–26 season, the season in which the team came second in the Midland Counties League. Having previously played for Netherfield Rovers, Harris joined Swansea Town when he moved to Wales, later playing for Briton Ferry Athletic.

George Harris (cricketer, born 1904)

Later life

Harris later joined the South Wales Constabulary. He died at Swansea, Glamorgan on 28 December 1988.

References

External links

George Harris at Cricinfo

George Harris at CricketArchive

1904 births

1988 deaths

People from Underwood, Nottinghamshire

Cricketers from Nottinghamshire

English cricketers

Glamorgan cricketers

English men's footballers

Men's association football goalkeepers

Mansfield Town F.C. players

Swansea City A.F.C. players

British police officers

Cricketers from Swansea

Briton Ferry Athletic F.C. players