| Donald Harkness | |
| Country: | Australia |
| Fullname: | Donald Peter Harkness |
| Birth Date: | 13 February 1931 |
| Birth Place: | Sydney, Australia |
| Death Place: | Wauchope, New South Wales, Australia |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium-fast |
| Club1: | Worcestershire |
| Year1: | 1954 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | FC |
| Matches1: | 13 |
| Runs1: | 488 |
| Bat Avg1: | 25.68 |
| 100S/50S1: | 1/1 |
| Top Score1: | 163 |
| Deliveries1: | 420 |
| Wickets1: | 6 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 45.66 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 3-29 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 9/0 |
| Date: | 3 October |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29971/29971.html CricketArchive |
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]