Roy Harrison (born 30 August 1939)
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. A right-handed

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and right-arm

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bowler, he played three times for the

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between 1967 and 1968CricketEurope Stats Zone profile
/ref> including one first-class match.First-class matches played by Roy Harrison at Cricket Archive
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Playing career

Harrison made his debut for Ireland against Worcestershire in

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in June 1967. It was very much an inauspicious debut, as he was dismissed for a

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in both innings. He returned to the Irish side in August the following year, scoring 43 against the

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, his highest score for Ireland. He then played his final match for Ireland against

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, which was his only first-class match.

Statistics

In his three matches for Ireland, he scored 59 runs at an

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of 11.80.

Post playing career

Harrison has served as president of the

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since 2006. He was appointed

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(MBE) in the

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for voluntary service to cricket in Northern Ireland.

Family

Harrison came from a cricketing family. Three of his brothers, Deryck,

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and Jim, all played for Ireland, 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, Roy 1939 births Living people Irish cricketers People from Lurgan Members of the Order of the British Empire Cricketers from Northern Ireland