| Harry Alexander | |
| Fullname: | Harry Houston Alexander |
| Nickname: | Bull |
| Birth Date: | 9 June 1905 |
| Birth Place: | Ascot Vale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Death Place: | East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm fast |
| Club1: | Victoria |
| Year1: | 1928/29–1933/34 |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | Test |
| Matches1: | 1 |
| Runs1: | 17 |
| Bat Avg1: | 17.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 17* |
| Deliveries1: | 276 |
| Wickets1: | 1 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 154.00 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 1/129 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/0 |
| Column2: | First-class |
| Matches2: | 41 |
| Runs2: | 228 |
| Bat Avg2: | 6.16 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/0 |
| Top Score2: | 23* |
| Deliveries2: | 6,449 |
| Wickets2: | 95 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 33.91 |
| Fivefor2: | 2 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 7/95 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 17/0 |
| International: | true |
| Country: | Australia |
| Testdebutagainst: | England |
| Testdebutdate: | 23 February |
| Testdebutyear: | 1933 |
| Testcap: | 149 |
| Onetest: | true |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/3945.html Cricinfo |
| Date: | 1 December |
| Year: | 2019 |
Harry Houston "Bull" Alexander (9 June 1905 – 15 April 1993) was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test match, the fifth of the 1932-33 "bodyline series" against England at the Sydney Cricket Ground, as a fast, right-arm opening bowler.[1]
He played for Victoria in 27 first-class matches between 1929 and 1933, and toured India with the unofficial Australian team in 1935-36.
His best first-class figures were 7 for 95 for Victoria against New South Wales in the 1932-33 Sheffield Shield.[2]
He also played 89 matches for Essendon and 4 matches for North Melbourne in Melbourne local competition cricket between 1924–25 and 1936–37.[3]
During the Second World War Alexander served as a warrant officer in the Australian Army from 1940 to 1945.[4] He served in Malta, the Middle East and the Pacific.
Alexander later moved to Euroa in central Victoria, where he worked as a wool classer and became a municipal councillor.
He oversaw the reconstruction of the local Euroa Memorial Oval to the precise dimensions of the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
He was partly responsible for organising a number of touring teams to play at the oval, including MCC touring teams in 1950/51 and 1965/66.[5]
He was also a past president of the Euroa Football Club. Social rooms at the Memorial Oval are named in his honour and he is listed in the Alexandra, Euroa & District Cricket Association Hall of Fame.