Edwin Lawson James Harris (29 August 1891 – 31 July 1961) was an English

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er. Harris was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Littlehampton,

Sussex Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English ...

. Harris made his first-class debut for

against Northamptonshire at the County Ground, Hove, in the

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. He made eight further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Cambridge University in 1924. In his nine first-class matches, he scored 208 runs at an average of 14.85, with a high score of 51 not out. This score was his only half century and came against Cambridge University in 1924. With the ball, he took 3 wickets at a

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of 19.66, with best figures of 2/3. He died at East Preston, Sussex, on 31 July 1961. His father, Henry, also played first-class cricket.

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at CricketArchive 1891 births 1961 deaths Sportspeople from Littlehampton English cricketers Sussex cricketers People from East Preston, West Sussex Cricketers from West Sussex {{England-cricket-bio-1890s-stub