Frederick William Harris (12 November 1934 – 11 October 2023) was an English cricketer. Harris was a right-handed

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who bowled right-arm

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. He was born in

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. Harris made his debut for

in the 1957

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against

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. Harris played

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cricket for Buckinghamshire from 1957 to 1976, which included 90 Minor Counties Championship matches. In 1965, he made his

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debut against

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in the Gillette Cup. He played 6 further List A matches for Buckinghamshire, the last coming against Middlesex in the

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. In his 6 List A matches, he scored 30 runs at a

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of 6.00, with a high score of 13. With the ball he took 11 wickets at a

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of 19.45, with best figures of 4/21. His best figures came against

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, where in partnership with

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(5/17), he helped bowl Cambridgeshire out for 41. This at the time was the joint lowest total a team had been bowled out for in List A cricket. Harris died in Buckinghamshire on 10 October 2023, aged 88.

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