Gerald Hartigan

Gerald Patrick Desmond Hartigan (30 December 1884 – 7 January 1955) was a South African cricketer who played in five Test matches from 1912 to 1914.

Gerald Hartigan
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
International information
National side
Test debut27 May 1912 v Australia
Last Test1 January 1914 v England
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 5 37
Runs scored 114 1,535
Batting average 11.40 29.51
100s/50s 0/1 3/8
Top score 51 176*
Balls bowled 252 3,924
Wickets 1 92
Bowling average 141.00 21.08
5 wickets in innings 0 4
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 1/72 7/44
Catches/stumpings 0/– 19/–
Source: Cricinfo, 14 November 2022

A right-arm fast medium bowler and right-hand batsman, Hartigan made his first-class career with Border, taking 92 wickets and scoring three centuries.[1] His best of 176 came against Eastern Province in 1910–11.[2]

He also played six matches of soccer for South Africa.[3]

References

  1. "Player Profile: Gerald Hartigan". CricInfo. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
  2. "Obituary: Gerald Hartigan". John Wisden & Co. CricInfo. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
  3. Colin Bryden, All-Rounder: The Buster Farrer Story, Aloe Publishing, Kidd's Beach, 2013, p. 45.


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