Harry Fannin

Henry Albert Fannin (25 September 1870 – 20 January 1959) was a cricketer who played 11 matches of first-class cricket for Hawke's Bay between 1892 and 1899.

Harry Fannin
Personal information
Full nameHenry Albert Fannin
Born(1870-09-25)25 September 1870
Napier, New Zealand
Died20 January 1959(1959-01-20) (aged 88)
Hastings, New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1892-93 to 1899-00Hawke's Bay
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 11
Runs scored 116
Batting average 6.10
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 25
Balls bowled 1637
Wickets 43
Bowling average 14.76
5 wickets in innings 4
10 wickets in match 2
Best bowling 8/19
Catches/stumpings 8/0
Source: CricketArchive, 8 January 2017

A fast bowler,[1] Fannin had an outstanding season in 1897-98 when he took 22 wickets in two matches. Against Taranaki in December 1897 he took 8 for 49 (including a hat-trick) and 3 for 42 in an innings victory for Hawke's Bay. Nine of his victims were bowled.[2] In Hawke's Bay's next match the following March, getting movement each way off the pitch, he took 8 for 19 (all bowled) and 3 for 35 against Auckland in a drawn match.[3][4]

In July 1900 Fannin's employers, the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, transferred him from Napier to Feilding. In a tribute, the Hastings Standard called him "one of the most good-natured and unselfish fellows who ever slogged a boundary or knocked a stump out of the ground".[5]

References
  1. "Cricket Notes". Hawke's Bay Herald. XXVII (9216). 22 November 1897. p. 4.
  2. "Hawke's Bay v Taranaki 1897-98". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  3. "Cricket: The Hawke's Bay Match". Auckland Star. XXIX (66). 19 March 1898. p. 2.
  4. "Auckland v Hawke's Bay 1897-98". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  5. "Local and general". Hastings Standard. V (1281). 27 July 1900. p. 2.
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