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Irish
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Ireland
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Garfield Harrison
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Left-handed Batsman
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Right-arm Off Spin
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Career
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First-class
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12
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670
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4187
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1/3
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105
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Balls
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1562
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23
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3056
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2
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0
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9/113
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3/0
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List A
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20
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182
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957
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0/0
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23
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841
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13
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4238
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0
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n/a
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3/42
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3/0
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First-class
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14 July
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1983
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17 August
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1996
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6 May
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2007
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(born matches.
List A matches played by Garfield Harrison at Cricket Archive
He is one of only six players to have played more than 100 times for Ireland, behind only , but switched to
Off Spin , becoming so good at this style of bowling that he took 9/113 against Scotland in 1990, the best bowling figures in first-class cricket in the UK that year
Cricinfo profile , the fourth best bowling figures in all cricket for Ireland
Best bowling in an innings in all matches for Ireland at CricketEurope Stats Zone and the second best for Ireland in first-class cricket.
Best bowling in an innings for Ireland in first-class cricket at CricketEurope Stats Zone
He first played for Ireland in June 1983, playing two games against against
Worcestershire , closely followed by his List A debut against
Sussex in the
NatWest Trophy in June 1983 and his first-class debut in July against Scotland. He had a successful first-class debut, scoring 86 in the Irish first
Innings . He also played against
Gloucestershire , the
MCC and
Wales during his first year in the Irish team.
He retained his place in the Ireland team in 1984, playing against the MCC, Scotland,
Surrey and the
West Indies , though he played just once in 1985 against Scotland. He went on Ireland's tour of
Zimbabwe in early 1986, playing two matches, but again played just once during the summer, again against Scotland.
He became a much more regular fixture in the Irish side in 1987, playing ten times that year, five times in 1988 and nine times in 1989, including internationals against
Pakistan , Scotland and Wales.
The first year of the decade saw his finest hour in the Irish side. After playing two matches against
1990 at Cricket Archive, the best bowling figures in UK first-class cricket that year.
1991 saw him tour Zimbabwe once again, with games against
Middlesex , Scotland and the West Indies during the summer. 1992 saw games against the MCC, Middlesex and an England Amateur XI.
1993 was an important year for Irish cricket as they gained membership of the for Ireland against Scotland, in addition to playing against
Leicestershire , New Zealand, Northamptonshire and in the 1994 Triple Crown Tournament.
Ireland squad for the 1994 Triple Crown Tournament at CricketEurope
Ireland began to play much more in 1995 and 1996, and Harrison played 24 times for them in those two years, including internationals against Scotland and the West Indies, several games against English that year, his last match coming against Scotland on
10 April .
In 2003, he came out of retirement to play a match for the MCC against Ireland at
2003 at Cricket Archive
In all matches for Ireland, he scored 2765
Runs at an
Average of 26.08, scoring twelve half-centuries and one century. He took 140
Wickets at an
Average of 33.67, taking five wickets in an innings three times.
Harrison came from a cricketing family. Three of his brothers (
Derryck ,
Jim and
Roy ) all played for Ireland, as did his brother-in-law
Eddie Bushe and his nephew
Jonathan Bushe .
