Jack Harry

John Harry (1 August 1857 – 27 October 1919) was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test match at Adelaide in 1895.

Jack Harry

Personal information
Full name	John Harry
Born	(1857-08-01)1 August 1857 Ballarat, Colony of Victoria
Died	27 October 1919(1919-10-27) (aged 62) Canterbury, Melbourne, Australia
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off-break
Role	All-rounder, occasional wicket-keeper
International information
National side	Australia
Only Test (cap 70)	11 January 1895 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1883–84 to 1897–98	Victoria
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class Matches 1 32 Runs scored 8 1466 Batting average 4.00 25.71 100s/50s 0/0 2/9 Top score 6 114 Balls bowled 0 1422 Wickets 0 26 Bowling average – 23.76 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling – 4/15 Catches/stumpings 1/0 19/3
Source: Cricinfo, 23 October 2021

Harry was a talented batsman, bowler, fieldsman and wicket-keeper who played for the East Melbourne Cricket Club and represented Victoria from 1884 to 1897.^[1][2] He could throw strongly with either hand.^[3] His highest first-class score was 114 for Victoria against Western Australia in April 1893.^[4]

After top-scoring with 70 for Victoria against the touring English team in November 1894,^[5] Harry was selected to play in the Third Test in Adelaide a few weeks later. Australia won by a large margin, but he was not successful, and he never played another Test.^[6]

Harry was picked for the Australians' 1896 England tour but was replaced before the tour began, ostensibly because of a knee injury, but in fact because the rest of the team voted him out. He sued the Australasian Cricket Council, accepting an out-of-court settlement of £180.^[7]

Harry returned to Bendigo, where he had lived before his first-class cricket career, and resumed work as a miner. He contracted silicosis and died in October 1919, aged 62.^[8]

See also

• List of Victoria first-class cricketers