Cyril Stanley Harrison (11 November 1915 – 28 May 1998) was an English

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er: a left-handed batsman and slow left arm bowler who made 17 first-class appearances for

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in 1934 and 1935. He made his debut against

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in June 1934, taking three wickets in the match including that of Arnold Dyson in both innings. A fortnight later against

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he claimed a career-best 7-51, but he was never to achieve anything like that success again, taking more than one wicket in only two more games. He did, however, manage his modest best score with the bat (28) against

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in July. Harrison played in two of Worcestershire's early-season games in May 1935, but took no wickets: indeed, he came in for some fearful punishment in the opener against

Sussex Sussex (Help:IPA/English, /ˈsʌsɪks/; from the Old English ''Sūþseaxe''; lit. 'South Saxons'; 'Sussex') is an area within South East England that was historically a kingdom of Sussex, kingdom and, later, a Historic counties of England, ...

, recording an unattractive first-innings

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of 17-2-101-0 in a game Worcestershire were to lose by an innings. His final first-class match was against Lancashire later that month, where he bowled just seven overs without reward. Harrison was born in

Droitwich Droitwich Spa (often abbreviated to Droitwich ) is an historic spa town in the Wychavon district in northern Worcestershire, England, on the River Salwarpe. It is located approximately south-west of Birmingham and north-east of Worcester. ...

; he died in the same town at the age of 82.

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