Donald Harkness
Personal information
Full name
Donald Peter Harkness
Born(1931-02-13)13 February 1931
Sydney, Australia
Died2 September 2021(2021-09-02) (aged 90)
Wauchope, New South Wales, Australia
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1954Worcestershire
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 13
Runs scored 488
Batting average 25.68
100s/50s 1/1
Top score 163
Balls bowled 420
Wickets 6
Bowling average 45.66
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 3-29
Catches/stumpings 9/0
Source: CricketArchive, 3 October 2008

Donald Peter Harkness (13 February 1931 – 2 September 2021) was an Australian first-class cricketer who played in thirteen matches for Worcestershire in 1954.[1]

The highlight of Harkness' short first-class career came against Cambridge University in late June 1954, when he hit 163 in two and three-quarter hours, by a long way his highest score in first-class cricket. Worcestershire nevertheless lost the match.[2][3] He also played Birmingham League cricket for Kidderminster.[4] In Sydney senior cricket in the 1950s and 1960s, Harkness scored 1612 runs and claimed 168 wickets in First Grade with Gordon, St George and Sutherland.[5]

Harkness and his wife Eleanor, who predeceased him, had two daughters. He died in September 2021, aged 90.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Don Harkness". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  2. ↑ Wisden 1955, p. 577.
  3. ↑ "Worcestershire v Cambridge University in 1954". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 October 2008.
  4. ↑ "Worcestershire CCC condolences as former player Donald Harkness passes away". Worcestershire CCC. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Vale Don Harkness". Stump to Stump. Retrieved 8 October 2021.

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