Gerald Patrick Desmond Hartigan (30 December 1884 – 7 January 1955) was a South African cricketer who played in five Test matches from 1912 to 1914.
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| Full name | Gerald Patrick Desmond Hartigan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 December 1884 King William's Town, Cape Colony | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 January 1955 (aged 70) Addington, Durban, Natal, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut | 27 May 1912 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 1 January 1914 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1903/04–1926/27 | Border | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hartigan was born in King William's Town in the Cape Colony, and attended St Aidan's School there.[1] A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, he made his first-class career with Border, taking 92 wickets and scoring three centuries.[2] His highest score of 176 came against Eastern Province in 1910–11.[3]
Hartigan was one of the most successful batsmen in South African first-class cricket in 1910–11 and 1911–12, scoring 698 runs at an average of 63.45.[4][5] He was selected to tour England for the 1912 Triangular Tournament. He scored 103 in the innings victory over Worcestershire early in the tour,[6] but was otherwise unsuccessful, playing in only two of South Africa's six Tests before fracturing his arm during one match while throwing the ball in from the field.[3] He played in the first three Tests when England toured South Africa in 1913–14, top-scoring with 51 in the first innings of the Second Test.[7]
Hartigan also played six matches of soccer for South Africa.[8] He toured Argentina with the South African team in 1906, and played at home against England in 1911.[9]
References
edit- ^ "A Chat about Mr Gerald Hartigan", Cricket, 20 April 1912, pp. 57–58.
- ^ "Player Profile: Gerald Hartigan". CricInfo. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
- ^ a b "Obituary: Gerald Hartigan". John Wisden & Co. CricInfo. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding in South Africa for 1910/11". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding in South Africa for 1911/12". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "Worcestershire v South Africa 1912". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "2nd Test, Johannesburg, December 26 - 30, 1913, England tour of South Africa". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ Colin Bryden, All-Rounder: The Buster Farrer Story, Aloe Publishing, Kidd's Beach, 2013, p. 45.
- ^ "South African Cricket", Cricket, 27 January 1912, pp. 10–12.