| Jack Harry | |
| Fullname: | John Harry |
| Birth Date: | 1 August 1857 |
| Birth Place: | Ballarat, Colony of Victoria |
| Death Place: | Canterbury, Melbourne, Australia |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm off-break |
| Role: | All-rounder, occasional wicket-keeper |
| Club1: | Victoria |
| Year1: | 1883–84 to 1897–98 |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | Tests |
| Matches1: | 1 |
| Runs1: | 8 |
| Bat Avg1: | 4.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 6 |
| Deliveries1: | 0 |
| Wickets1: | 0 |
| Bowl Avg1: | – |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/0 |
| Column2: | First-class |
| Matches2: | 32 |
| Runs2: | 1466 |
| Bat Avg2: | 25.71 |
| 100S/50S2: | 2/9 |
| Top Score2: | 114 |
| Deliveries2: | 1422 |
| Wickets2: | 26 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 23.76 |
| Fivefor2: | 0 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 4/15 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 19/3 |
| International: | true |
| Country: | Australia |
| Testdebutfor: | Australia |
| Onetest: | true |
| Testcap: | 70 |
| Testdebutagainst: | England |
| Testdebutdate: | 11 January |
| Testdebutyear: | 1895 |
| Lasttestdate: | 11 January |
| Lasttestyear: | 1895 |
| Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/john-harry-5588 Cricinfo |
| Date: | 23 October |
| Year: | 2021 |
John Harry (1 August 1857 – 27 October 1919) was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test match at Adelaide in 1895.
Harry was a talented batsman, bowler, fieldsman and wicket-keeper who played for the East Melbourne Cricket Club and represented Victoria from 1884 to 1897.[1] [2] He could throw strongly with either hand.[3] His highest first-class score was 114 for Victoria against Western Australia in April 1893.[4]
After top-scoring with 70 for Victoria against the touring English team in November 1894,[5] Harry was selected to play in the Third Test in Adelaide a few weeks later. Australia won by a large margin, but he was not successful, and he never played another Test.[6]
Harry was picked for the Australians' 1896 England tour but was replaced before the tour began, ostensibly because of a knee injury, but in fact because the rest of the team voted him out. He sued the Australasian Cricket Council, accepting an out-of-court settlement of £180.[7]
Harry returned to Bendigo, where he had lived before his first-class cricket career, and resumed work as a miner. He contracted silicosis and died in October 1919, aged 62.[8]