Harold Wright (South African cricketer)
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| Full name | Harold Frederick Wright | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 June 1921 Kimberley, Cape Province, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 25 February 2006 (aged 84) Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1939/40–1952/53 | Orange Free State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 18 April 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harold Frederick Wright (25 June 1921 – 25 February 2006) was a South African cricketer who played first-class cricket for Orange Free State between 1939 and 1953.
Wright was an all-rounder, a middle-order batsman who usually opened the bowling or bowled first change. His outstanding season was 1950–51, when he captained Orange Free State, and scored 355 runs in the Currie Cup at an average of 39.44, and took 35 wickets at an average of 19.20. He was the highest wicket-taker in that season's Currie Cup.[1] He took 11 wickets in the victory over North Eastern Transvaal, when he and James Liddle dismissed North Eastern Transvaal for 49 when they were chasing a target of 87.[2] He was selected to play in a trial match in advance of the South African tour of England in 1951, and although he was not chosen to tour, he was named as a reserve.[3][4]
Wright broke a kneecap while playing hockey and missed the 1951–52 season,[4] but he returned in 1952–53, taking his best first-class figures of 7 for 154 against Natal.[5] In the Currie Cup season he took 23 wickets at 26.78, and Orange Free State finished only two points short of winning the Cup.[4][6] He played no more first-class cricket after that season.[7]
Wright married Gladys Beatrice Chenery in Bloemfontein in January 1948.[8] He died in Durban in February 2006, aged 84.[9]
References
- ↑ "Currie Cup Averages". Cricketer: 12–13. 1951.
- ↑ "North Eastern Transvaal v Orange Free State 1950-51". Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 April 2026.
- ↑ "South African Trial Match". Cricketer: 13. 1951.
- 1 2 3 "Currie Cup Competition 1952-53". Cricketer: 153. 16 May 1953.
- ↑ "Natal v Orange Free State 1952-53". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 April 2026.
- ↑ "Bowling in Currie Cup 1952/53". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 April 2026.
- ↑ "Harold Wright". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 April 2026.
- ↑ "Civil registration, Orange Free State, 1931-1955". Family Search. Retrieved 18 April 2026.
- ↑ "Harold Wright". Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 April 2026.