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Ælfric Milton Harrison (28 July 1889 – 2 June 1958) was an English cricketer active in the first half of the twentieth century. A right-handed batting (cricket), batsman and right-arm bowling (cricket), bowler, Harrison made three appearances in first-class cricket, but played the majority of his cricket in Minor counties of English and Welsh cricket, minor counties cricket for Dorset County Cricket Club, Dorset from 1908 to 1946.


Career

Born at Blandford Forum, Blandford, Dorset and educated at Christ's Hospital and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, Harrison made his debut in the Minor Counties Championship for Dorset County Cricket Club, Dorset against the Surrey County Cricket Club, Surrey Second XI. He appeared regularly for Dorset in minor counties cricket prior to the First World War, gaining the attention of first-class cricket, first-class county Sussex County Cricket Club, Sussex, who he made two first-class appearances for in the 1913 County Championship against Somerset County Cricket Club, Somerset and Kent County Cricket Club, Kent. Harrison was not reengaged by the county following that season, and following the First World War, he resumed playing for Dorset. He briefly returned to first-class cricket when in 1927 he was selected for the West of England cricket team to play the touring New Zealand national cricket team, New Zealanders at the County Ground, Exeter. Harrison continued to play for Dorset up until the start of the Second World War in 1939, and following its conclusion he played six further matches for the county in the first season after the war, the last of which came against Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club, Buckinghamshire. This was his 166th appearance in minor counties cricket. He died at Clifton, Bristol, Clifton, Bristol on 2 June 1958. His brother Wilfrid also played for Dorset.


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