Deryck William Harrison (born 3 November 1943)
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. A right-handed batsman, he played eleven times for the Ireland cricket team between 1978 and 1980,CricketEurope Stats Zone profile
/ref> including two first-class matchesFirst-class matches played by Deryck Harrison at Cricket Archive
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match.List A matches played by Deryck Harrison at Cricket Archive
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Playing career

Harrison made his debut for Ireland against Denmark in July 1978 and made his first-class debut against Scotland the following month. His next match was against FW Millett's XI in July 1979, scoring 74 not out in the Irish first

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, his highest score for Ireland. He continued that year with matches against the MCC, Wales and Worcestershire in addition to a second, and final, first-class match against Scotland. His international career then came to an end in 1980, playing against the MCC, twice against the West Indies before his final game against Middlesex at

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, a Gillette Cup match that was his only List A appearance. In relation to the Irish Premier League, Deryck continued to play for

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up until the 1993 season ended.

Statistics

In all matches for Ireland, Harrison scored 265 runs at an average of 24.09. He scored two half- centuries.

Family

Harrison came from a cricketing family. His brothers Garfield, Jim and Roy all represented Ireland at cricket, as did his brother-in-law

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and his nephew

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References

External links

CricketEurope Stats Zone profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Harrison, Deryck 1943 births Living people Irish cricketers Sportspeople from Lurgan Cricketers from Northern Ireland