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10,288 1 39/0 1883 3 right arm fast right arm medium-fast england 14 right-handed batsman george harrison 1892 first-class false 21 may http://cricketarchive.com/archive/players/30/30003/statistics_lists.html cricketarchive 21 may 484 1883 249 25 july 0/0 67 george harrison -lrb- yorkshire cricketer -rrb-

george harrison -lrb- yorkshire cricketer -rrb-

george puckrin harrison , also known as `` shoey '' because he was a shoemaker by trade -lrb- 11 february 1862 -- 14 september 1940 -rrb- was an english cricketer who played fifty-nine first-class matches for yorkshire county cricket club between 1883 and 1892 .
he also appeared in first-class cricket for the players -lrb- 1883 -rrb- , t emmett 's xi -lrb- 1883 -rrb- , lord sheffield 's xi -lrb- 1884 -rrb- , an england xi -lrb- 1884 -rrb- and l hall 's yorkshire xi -lrb- 1891 -rrb- .
born in scarborough , yorkshire , england , harrison began his career on 3 may 1883 at lord 's for colts of the north against colts of the south where as an unknown 21-year-old he obtained nine of eleven wickets -- all clean bowled -- for fourteen runs .
harrison consequently came straight into a strong yorkshire eleven when he dismissed monkey hornby in the first innings , and bowled out lord harris for 2 in the second .
harrison soon became regarded as the fastest bowler seen for some time in first-class cricket , and in only his third first-class match against kent he took eleven for 76 and bowled unchanged through both innings with ted peate .
with the aid of a number of very fiery pitches in yorkshire and at old trafford , harrison took eighty-eight wickets for yorkshire at a total cost of only 1,049 runs .
in the process harrison surpassed 1882 's record-breaking wicket taker peate as yorkshire 's most destructive bowler and became the first bowler to take 100 wickets during the season of his initial first-class appearance .
much was naturally expected of harrison , but early in the 1884 season he suffered a bad arm injury when throwing from the deep field and suffered an amazing decline , taking only eighteen wickets in ten first-class matches .
in 1885 harrison returned to the side at the end of june and achieved one good performance of five wickets for 38 against gloucestershire on a good wicket , but by 1886 it was clear that the strain of bowling at his former pace was damaging his arm .
harrison played only twice for yorkshire that year , bowling eight wicketless four-ball overs , and moved to league cricket , bowling old lane c.c. , and idle c.c. -lrb- where he took 215 wickets at 9.15 each over three seasons -rrb- .
harrison did briefly reappear against warwickshire -lrb- not then first-class -rrb- and cheshire in 1887 , but broke down when showing promise of his early form -lrb- which would have been tremendously valuable in such a dry season as 1887 -rrb- .
it was not until late 1890 that harrison , now adjusted to bowling at a much reduced pace , returned to first-class county cricket , doing so dramatically with ten for 100 against county champions surrey allowing yorkshire to win after following-on , and then ten for 109 against mcc .
harrison bowled regularly for yorkshire in 1891 but his record was moderate , and lost his place to a young george herbert hirst -lrb- already a much better batsman even going in late -rrb- the following season .
between 1892 and 1898 , harrison returned to bowling old lane c.c. , for whom from 1883 to 1898 he took 878 wickets at nine each , and then took up umpiring .
he umpired in minor counties matches from 1904 to 1907 and was a regular first-class umpire from 1908 until his retirement at the end of the 1924 season .
