Thomas Harpur (born 16 May 1944)
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. A right-handed batsman, he played eighteen times for the Ireland cricket team between 1974 and 1982,CricketEurope Stats Zone profile
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matches.List A matches played by Thomas Harpur at Cricket Archive
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Playing career

Harpur first played for Ireland in August 1974, scoring 0

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against

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in Colwyn Bay. He would not play again for Ireland until July 1977, against the same opponents, this time in

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. He was a little more successful on this second outing, scoring six runs in the Irish first

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. He then began to become more of a regular in the Irish side, playing against

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, the MCC and Wales in 1978, and against FW Millett's XI in 1979. In 1980, he played against Wales, and made his first-class debut against

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in August. In 1981, he played against

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, Scotland, the MCC, Wales and Surrey. The match that year against Scotland was his final first-class match, whilst the match against Gloucestershire was his List A debut. He scored 56 not out in the first innings of the match against Wales, his only half-

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for Ireland. His international career winded down in 1982, during which he played against

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and the MCC, before playing his final game for Ireland against

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in July, which was also his final List A match.

Statistics

In all matches for Ireland, he scored 341 runs at an

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of 20.06. He bowled just once, bowling three overs against Scotland in 1981.

References

External links

CricketEurope Stats Zone profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Harpur, Thomas 1944 births Living people People from Sion Mills Irish cricketers Cricketers from County Tyrone