Henry George Pearce (April 21, 1886 – March 27, 1936) was an American

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er. He was a fast bowler, who played cricket in

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during cricket's brief North American "golden age". He first played for the

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on their three match tour of Jamaica in 1909. He returned to the side for the home two match series against

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, and followed this up with a match for a combined

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team, also against Australia, which was to be his final first-class appearance. Across his seven first-class matches, he took 22 wickets at an average of 21.68 with a best of 7/57 against Australia.

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