Jacob Harris was a first-class cricketer and sports coach from Karachi, Pakistan.
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| Born | Karachi, Bombay Presidency, British India (now Pakistan) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm Leg spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1932/33–1935/36 | Sind | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1936/37–1937/38 | Maharashtra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1938/1939 | Sind | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1939/40 | Maharashtra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 28 October 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
He was born in Karachi, when it was still part of British India. He studied at St Patrick's High School, Karachi. He played cricket as a right-hand batsman and a leg-break bowler. He played for the Sindh main first-class team from 1932/33 and 1938/39 and the Maharashtra main first-class team from 1936/37 and 1939/40.[1] Between 1932 and 1943 he played 25 first-class matches.[2] Between 1953 and 1957 he umpired six first-class matches as well.[3]
He coached Wallis Mathias, Antao D'Souza, Khalid Wazir, Wasim Bari, Rashid Israr, all who became Test cricketers for Pakistan.[4]
The undisputed fastest human in Pakistan John Permal attributed his success on the track to the support of his school coach Jacob Harris.[5]
The Jacob Harris Shield Inter School Cricket Tournament was started in his honour in Karachi in 2009. Forty schools participated in the tournament.[6]
References
edit- ^ CricketArchive website
- ^ CricketArchive website
- ^ "Cricket World website". Archived from the original on 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
- ^ The Christian Voice 10 October 1999
- ^ Dawn August 21, 2008 Archived May 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Nation April 25, 2009
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