William Harbord (cricketer)
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William Edward Harbord played first-class cricket
for Yorkshire County Cricket Club
as an amateur
player between 1929 and 1935. He also played once for Oxford University
in 1930 and for the MCC
in 1934 and 1935. He appeared for Yorkshire's Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship competition between 1928 and 1933, and for a Minor Counties representative side in a non-first-class match in 1934.
Born in Manton
, Rutland
, England
, Harboard was a right-handed batsman, who scored 512 runs at 18.28 with his top score, his only century, 109, coming for Yorkshire against Oxford University in 1930. He also scored 63* against Cambridge University
. He took nine catches, and conceded 15 runs bowling right arm slow medium without success.
Harbord went on two international cricket tours: with H. M. Martineau
's side to Egypt
in 1934, and then with the official MCC side to the West Indies
in 1934-35. Four Tests
were played on that West Indies tour, but Harbord did not play in any of them, although he did appear in four other first-class matches there.
Harbord died in Harrogate
, Yorkshire
. His brother-in-law, John Atkinson-Clark, played eight games for Middlesex
from 1930 to 1932.
He served on the Yorkshire committee for many years becoming a vice-president.
First-class cricket
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for Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
as an amateur
Amateur status in first-class cricket
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player between 1929 and 1935. He also played once for Oxford University
Oxford University Cricket Club
Oxford University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team, representing the University of Oxford. It plays its home games at the University Parks in Oxford, England...
in 1930 and for the MCC
Marylebone Cricket Club
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in 1934 and 1935. He appeared for Yorkshire's Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship competition between 1928 and 1933, and for a Minor Counties representative side in a non-first-class match in 1934.
Born in Manton
Manton, Rutland
Manton is a village in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. It is situated southwest of Rutland Water.The village had a railway station, Manton Junction, situated to the south of the village. It closed in the 1960s and the station buildings are now used as a factory...
, Rutland
Rutland
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, England
England
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, Harboard was a right-handed batsman, who scored 512 runs at 18.28 with his top score, his only century, 109, coming for Yorkshire against Oxford University in 1930. He also scored 63* against Cambridge University
Cambridge University Cricket Club
Cambridge University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team. It now plays all but one of its first-class cricket matches as part of the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence , which includes Anglia Ruskin University...
. He took nine catches, and conceded 15 runs bowling right arm slow medium without success.
Harbord went on two international cricket tours: with H. M. Martineau
Hubert Martineau
Hubert Melville Martineau was an English patron of cricket and organiser of his own team. He also played three first-class matches between 1931 and 1932...
's side to Egypt
Egypt
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in 1934, and then with the official MCC side to the West Indies
English cricket team in West Indies in 1934-35
The English cricket team in the West Indies in 1934-35 was a cricket touring party sent to the West Indies under the auspices of the MCC for a tour lasting for two-and-a-half months in 1934-35...
in 1934-35. Four Tests
Test cricket
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were played on that West Indies tour, but Harbord did not play in any of them, although he did appear in four other first-class matches there.
Harbord died in Harrogate
Harrogate
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, Yorkshire
Yorkshire
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. His brother-in-law, John Atkinson-Clark, played eight games for Middlesex
Middlesex County Cricket Club
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from 1930 to 1932.
He served on the Yorkshire committee for many years becoming a vice-president.