Roy Harford

Roy Ivan Harford (born 30 May 1936, Fulham, England) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in three Tests against India in 1967–68.[1]

Roy Harford

Personal information
Full name	Roy Ivan Harford
Born	(1936-05-30)30 May 1936 London, England
Batting	Left-hand bat
Role	Wicket-keeper
International information
National side	New Zealand (1968)
Test debut (cap 113)	15 February 1968 v India
Last Test	1 February 1968 v India
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class Matches 3 25 Runs scored 7 143 Batting average 2.33 8.41 100s/50s -/- -/- Top score 6 23 Balls bowled – – Wickets – – Bowling average – – 5 wickets in innings – – 10 wickets in match – – Best bowling – – Catches/stumpings 11/- 60/8
Source: Cricinfo, 1 April 2017

Cricket career

Harford was a wicket-keeper who played club cricket for Mitcham in Surrey before emigrating to New Zealand where he found himself playing first-class cricket for Auckland in 1965–66. He played all four representative matches for New Zealand against the Australian team in 1966–67, and toured Australia on the brief non-Test tour of 1967–68 as the only keeper. He then played the first three Tests in the home series against India before losing his place to John Ward. His three Tests were his last first-class matches.

Although a competent keeper, who played 13 of his 25 first-class matches for the national team, his left-handed batting was so unproductive that, unusually for a wicket-keeper at any level of the game, he batted at number 11.

He was not related to Noel Harford, who played for New Zealand in the 1950s.

See also

• List of Auckland representative cricketers

References

1. Christopher Martin-Jenkins. The Complete Who's Who of Test Cricketers (1980 ed.). Orbis Publishing, London. p. 348. ISBN 0-85613-283-7.

External links

• Roy Harford at Cricket Archive
• Roy Harford at Cricinfo