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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.

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.

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.

Later life

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

References

1. First-Class Matches played by George Harris
2. Glamorgan v Surrey, County Championship 1932
3. First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by George Harris
4. Minor Counties Championship Matches played by George Harris
5. Brief profile of George Harris, including football career information

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
• 20th-century English sportsmen