Hugh Robert Edward Harrison JP (16 April 1875 – 15 May 1912)[1] was a Welsh first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
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| Full name | Hugh Robert Edward Harrison | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 April 1875 Forden, Montgomeryshire, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 May 1912(1912-05-15) (aged 37) Folkestone, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1896–1897 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 19 April 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The son of Robert Harrison, he was born at the Montgomeryshire village of Forden in April 1875 and was educated at Eton College, where he was in the cricket eleven.[2] He joined served in the British Army with the South Wales Borderers, gaining the rank of lieutenant with them in August 1894.[3] He played at county level below first-class for Shropshire between 1893-96.[4] He played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1896 and 1897, making four appearances.[5] His four appearances yielded him 123 runs with a highest score of 55,[6] in addition to two wickets with his right-arm fast bowling.[7] He was transferred to the Grenadier Guards in October 1896, which saw him demoted to second lieutenant.[8]
He was promoted back to lieutenant in September 1898,[9] with promotion to captain following in February 1899, at which point he had returned to the South Wales Borderers.[10] Harrison resigned his commission in February 1901.[11] A sometime justice of the peace for Montgomeryshire,[2] he suffered financial hardship in the latter years of his life, being declared bankrupt in November 1906.[12] He was divorced from his wife, Evelyn Hester Miller, in January 1909 on account of "desertion and misconduct".[13] They had been married since 1898.[14] Harrison later died in England at Folkestone on 15 May 1912.[1]