Leo Harrison, one of the last two county cricketers to have made his first-class debut before the outbreak of the Second World War, has died in his home county of Dorset. He was 94.
Harrison, born in the fishing village of Mudeford in Dorset, made his county debut for Hampshire in 1939 as Europe prepared for war. He made 396 first-class appearances and his career flickered as late as 1966 thanks to an emergency return that season, as a coach, when he pulled on the wicketkeeping gloves for the last time.
Harrison, born in the fishing village of Mudeford in Dorset, made his county debut for Hampshire in 1939 as Europe prepared for war. He made 396 first-class appearances and his career flickered as late as 1966 thanks to an emergency return that season, as a coach, when he pulled on the wicketkeeping gloves for the last time.