Harry Crick
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Harry Crick was a first class cricketer who played 11 matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1937 and 1949. Like many cricketers he lost his best years to the Second World War. He served in the RAF, rising to the rank of Flight-Lieutenant. He also played cricket for the Combined Services in 1947 and scored 65 opening the innings for the RAF. against the Army at Lord's in 1946. He kept wicket quite regularly for the Yorkshire Second Team during his career and played for the South of England and Maurice Leyland's XI in 1947.
He was a wicket keeper who took 20 catches and completed 8 stumpings. He was hampered in his first class career by a lack of success with the bat, scoring just 124 runs at 9.53 with a best of 22.
Born January 29, 1910 in Ecclesall, Sheffield he died in a car crash on on February 10, 1960 in Lower Wyke, Bradford aged 50. He died the same day as E.W.J. Brooks, the Surrey wicket keeper, against whom he'd played in Arthur Mitchell's benefit match in 1937.
