Harry Pitchford (11 February 1891 – 11 July 1965) was an English cricketer. Pitchford was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm slow. He was born in Wing, Buckinghamshire.
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| Born | 11 February 1891 Wing, Buckinghamshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 July 1965 (aged 74) Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm slow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Len Pitchford (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1913–1929 | Buckinghamshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1928 | Minor Counties | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 26 May 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pitchford made his debut for Buckinghamshire in the 1913 Minor Counties Championship against Wiltdshire. He next played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire following the First World War, representing the county from 1921 to 1925. He played a total of 50 Minor Counties Championship matches for Buckinghamshire.[1]
Pitchford made his only first-class appearance for a combined Minor Counties cricket team against the touring West Indians in 1928.[2] In the Minor Counties first-innings, he scored 24 runs before being dismissed by Herman Griffith. In their second-innings, he was run out for 12 runs.[3]
He later appeared for the Glamorgan Second XI in a single Minor Counties Championship match in 1935, against the Middlesex Second XI.[1] He died in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire on 11 July 1965. He was survived by his brother, Len, who played first-class cricket for Glamorgan.
References
edit- ^ a b "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Harry Pitchford". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Harry Pitchford". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
- ^ "Minor Counties v West Indians". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 May 2011.