Harry Kenneth Perrott Boam (born 15 October 1990) is a
New Zealand cricketer, and the first schoolboy to play for the
Wellington Firebirds
The Wellington Firebirds are one of six New Zealand men's first-class cricket teams that make up New Zealand Cricket.
It is based in Wellington. It competes in the Plunket Shield first class (4-day) competition, The Ford Trophy domestic one da ...
, Wellington's domestic cricket team in the
State Championship
New Zealand has had a domestic first-class cricket championship since the 1906–07 season. Since the 2009–10 season it has been known by its original name of the Plunket Shield.
History
The Plunket Shield competition was instigated in Octob ...
. He also represented New Zealand at the
Under 19 Cricket World Cup
The ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup is an international cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) contested by national under-19 teams. First contested in 1988, as the Youth World Cup, it was not staged again u ...
in Malaysia in and in New Zealand's Under 19 tour of England in 2008 where he played in two test matches and five one day games. Captain of the
Wellington College Wellington College may refer to:
*Wellington College, Berkshire, an independent school in Crowthorne, Berkshire, England
** Wellington College International Shanghai
** Wellington College International Tianjin
*Wellington College, Wellington, New Z ...
1st XI team he was award of Wellington Sport's Sportsman of the Year award for 2008.
References
External links
CricInfo page*
Living people
1990 births
New Zealand cricketers
Wellington cricketers
People educated at Wellington College (New Zealand)
English emigrants to New Zealand
People from Birmingham, West Midlands
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