Roy Harford

Roy Ivan Harford (born 30 May 1936, Fulham, England) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in three Tests against India in 1967–68.[1] He played first-class cricket in New Zealand from 1965 to 1968.[2]

Roy Harford
Personal information
Full nameRoy Ivan Harford
Born (1936-05-30) 30 May 1936
London, England
BattingLeft-hand bat
RoleWicket-keeper
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 113)15 February 1968 v India
Last Test1 February 1968 v India
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 3 25
Runs scored 7 143
Batting average 2.33 8.41
100s/50s -/- -/-
Top score 6 23
Balls bowled – –
Wickets – –
Bowling average – –
5 wickets in innings – –
10 wickets in match – –
Best bowling – –
Catches/stumpings 11/- 60/8
Source: Cricinfo, 1 April 2017

Cricket career

Born in London, Harford was a wicket-keeper who played club cricket for Mitcham in Surrey before emigrating to New Zealand in 1961.[3] He represented Bay of Plenty in the Hawke Cup in 1962-63 and 1963-64[4] before moving to Auckland, where he was selected to play Plunket Shield cricket for Auckland in 1965–66.[5]

He played all four representative matches for New Zealand against the Australian team in 1966–67,[6] and toured Australia on the brief non-Test tour of 1967–68 as the only keeper.[7] He then played the first three Tests in the home series against India.[8] In the Third Test he became the first New Zealand wicketkeeper to take five catches in a Test innings; he also conceded no byes in the match.[9][10] However, he was replaced by John Ward for the Fourth Test.[11] His three Tests were his last first-class matches.[5]

Although a competent keeper, who played 13 of his 25 first-class matches for the national team,[5] his left-handed batting was so unproductive that, unusually for a wicket-keeper at any level of the game, he usually batted at number 11. He made his top first-class score of 23 for Auckland against Otago when, batting at number 10, he added 75 for the ninth wicket with Bob Cunis after Auckland had been 165 for 8.[12]

He was not related to Noel Harford, who played for New Zealand in the 1950s. Both played in the Auckland team in 1965–66 and 1966–67.

See also

References
  1. Christopher Martin-Jenkins. The Complete Who's Who of Test Cricketers (1980 ed.). Orbis Publishing, London. p. 348. ISBN 0-85613-283-7.
  2. "Roy Harford". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  3. "Mitcham Wicket Keepers" (PDF). Pitchero.com. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  4. "Hawke Cup Matches played by Roy Harford". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  5. "First-Class Matches played by Roy Harford". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  6. A. G. Wiren, "Australians in New Zealand, 1967", Wisden 1968, pp. 875–88.
  7. Tom Goodman, "New Zealand team in Australia, 1967-68", Wisden 1969, pp. 859–63.
  8. R. T. Brittenden, "India in New Zealand, 1967-68", Wisden 1969, pp. 852–58.
  9. "3rd Test, Wellington, Feb 29 - Mar 4 1968, India tour of New Zealand". Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  10. "Most dismissals in an innings". Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  11. Don Neely & Richard Payne, Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985, Moa, Auckland, 1986, pp. 380–81.
  12. "Auckland v Otago 1966-67". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
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