Herbert Harper England (Eng)
Batting style	Right-handed batsman
Bowling type	Leg-break
First-class record
Matches	1
Runs scored	10
Batting average	5.00
100s/50s	0/0
Top score	7
Balls bowled	0
Wickets	0
Bowling average	-
5 wickets in innings	0
10 wickets in match	0
Best Bowling	-
Catches/Stumpings	0/0
First class debut: 2 June 1920 Last first class game: 3 June 1920 Source: Cricinfo

Herbert Harper, also known as Harry Harper (1 February 1889 - 6 August 1983), was an English cricketer who played a single first-class match, for Worcestershire against Yorkshire in 1920. Batting at seven, he was bowled in each innings, for 7 and 3, and never played at that level again. Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... The logo of the England Cricket Team which shows the three Lions of England below a five-pointed crown The England cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales, operating under the auspices of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). ... Image File history File links Cricket_no_pic. ... Cricket batsman A batsman in the sport of cricket is, depending on context: Any player in the act of batting. ... In the sport of cricket there are two categories of bowler: pace bowler and spin bowler. ... First-class cricket matches are those between international teams or the highest standard of domestic teams in which teams have two innings each. ... Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively. ... This article is about the cricket term. ... Bowling average is a statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the sport of cricket. ... In the sport of cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings: // Meanings of wicket Each wicket consists of three stumps, upright wooden poles that are hammered into the ground, topped with two wooden crosspieces, known as the bails. ... An innings, or inning, is a fixed-length segment of a game in any of a variety of sports – most notably baseball and cricket – during which one team attempts to score while the other team attempts to prevent the first from scoring. ... In the sport of cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings: // Meanings of wicket Each wicket consists of three stumps, upright wooden poles that are hammered into the ground, topped with two wooden crosspieces, known as the bails. ... In the sport of cricket, the term stump has three different meanings: 1. ... June 2 is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. ... Year 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ... Year 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... August 6 is the 218th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (219th in leap years), with 147 days remaining. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... A cricketer is a term used to refer to a person who plays cricket. ... First-class cricket matches are those between international teams or the highest standard of domestic teams in which teams have two innings each. ... Worcestershire CCC logo Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire. ... Yorkshire County Cricket Club are a county cricket club based at the Headingley Carnegie Cricket Ground, Leeds. ... In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen go to the crease to bat. ... Bowled is a method of dismissing a batsman in the sport of cricket. ...

Harper was born in King's Heath, Birmingham. At the time of his death, after a fall at his home in Birmingham aged 94 years 186 days, he was the oldest surviving County Championship cricketer. Kings Heath is a suburb of Birmingham, England , three miles south of the city centre on the Alcester road. ... The city from above Centenary Square. ... The County Championship is the domestic first class cricket competition in the United Kingdom, mainly in England. ...

External links

• Player Profile: Herbert Harper from Cricinfo
• Statistical summary from CricketArchive