Roy Harford

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Roy Harford
Personal information
Full nameRoy Ivan Harford
Born (1936-05-30) 30 May 1936 (age 85)
Fulham, London, England
BattingLeft-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 113)15 February 1968 v India
Last Test29 February 1968 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1965–66 to 1967–68Auckland
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 3 25
Runs scored 7 143
Batting average 2.33 8.41
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 6 23
Catches/stumpings 11/0 60/8
Source: Cricinfo, 1 April 2017

Roy Ivan Harford (born 30 May 1936, in Fulham, England) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in three Tests against India in 1967–68.[1] He played first-class cricket in New Zealand from 1965 to 1968.[2]

Cricket career[]

Born in London, Harford was a wicket-keeper who played club cricket for Mitcham in Surrey before emigrating to New Zealand in 1961.[3] He represented Bay of Plenty in the Hawke Cup in 1962–63 and 1963–64[4] before moving to Auckland, where he was selected to play Plunket Shield cricket for Auckland in 1965–66.[5]

He played all four representative matches for New Zealand against the Australian team in 1966–67,[6] and toured Australia on the brief non-Test tour of 1967–68 as the only keeper.[7] He then played the first three Tests in the home series against India.[8] In the Third Test he became the first New Zealand wicketkeeper to take five catches in a Test innings; he also conceded no byes in the match.[9][10] However, he was replaced by John Ward for the Fourth Test.[11] His three Tests were his last first-class matches.[5]

Although he was a competent keeper, who played 13 of his 25 first-class matches for the national team,[5] Harford's left-handed batting was so unproductive that, unusually for a wicket-keeper at any level of the game, he usually batted at number 11. He made his top first-class score of 23 for Auckland against Otago when, batting at number 10, he added 75 for the ninth wicket with Bob Cunis after Auckland had been 165 for 8.[12]

He was not related to Noel Harford, who played for New Zealand in the 1950s. Both played in the Auckland team in 1965–66 and 1966–67.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Christopher Martin-Jenkins. The Complete Who's Who of Test Cricketers (1980 ed.). Orbis Publishing, London. p. 348. ISBN 0-85613-283-7.
  2. ^ "Roy Harford". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Mitcham Wicket Keepers" (PDF). Pitchero.com. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Hawke Cup Matches played by Roy Harford". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "First-Class Matches played by Roy Harford". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  6. ^ A. G. Wiren, "Australians in New Zealand, 1967", Wisden 1968, pp. 875–88.
  7. ^ Tom Goodman, "New Zealand team in Australia, 1967-68", Wisden 1969, pp. 859–63.
  8. ^ R. T. Brittenden, "India in New Zealand, 1967-68", Wisden 1969, pp. 852–58.
  9. ^ "3rd Test, Wellington, Feb 29 - Mar 4 1968, India tour of New Zealand". Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Most dismissals in an innings". Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  11. ^ Don Neely & Richard Payne, Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985, Moa, Auckland, 1986, pp. 380–81.
  12. ^ "Auckland v Otago 1966-67". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

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