Harry Morgan (cricketer)

Henry Alan Morgan (5 June 1938 – 6 July 2024) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Wellington from 1963 to 1978.

Harry Morgan

Personal information
Full name	Henry Alan Morgan
Born	(1938-06-05)5 June 1938 Wellington, New Zealand
Died	6 July 2024(2024-07-06) (aged 86) Rotorua, New Zealand
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-pace
Relations	Richard Morgan (son)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1963–64 to 1977–78	Wellington
Career statistics
Competition FC List A Matches 33 11 Runs scored 789 252 Batting average 19.24 25.20 100s/50s 0/4 0/2 Top score 67 66 Balls bowled 5684 522 Wickets 73 15 Bowling average 26.21 25.20 5 wickets in innings 1 0 10 wickets in match 0 – Best bowling 5/42 3/48 Catches/stumpings 20/– 6/–
Source: Cricinfo, 17 May 2018

Harry Morgan was a medium-pace bowler and useful lower-order batsman who was an irregular member of the Wellington team for 15 years. His best first-class bowling figures were 5 for 42 against Canterbury in 1966–67.^[1] His highest score was 67, also against Canterbury, in his second-last match in 1977–78.^[2]

Morgan won the Man of the Match award in the final of the New Zealand Motor Corporation Knock-Out in 1973–74. He took 3 for 55 in Auckland's innings then top-scored with 46 as Wellington reached their target with one wicket and six balls to spare.^[3]

Morgan died in Rotorua in July 2024, aged 86.^[4] His son Richard played first-class cricket in New Zealand from 1993 to 2002.^[5]