Roy Harrison

Roy Harrison is an Irish former cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he played three times for the Ireland cricket team between 1967 and 1968 including one first-class match.

Playing career

Harrison made his debut for Ireland against Worcestershire [County Cricket Club|Worcestershire] in Dublin in June 1967. It was very much an inauspicious debut, as he was dismissed for a duck in both innings. He returned to the Irish side in August the following year, scoring 43 against the Combined [Services cricket team|Combined Services], his highest score for Ireland. He then played his final match for Ireland against Scotland [national cricket team|Scotland], which was his only first-class match.

In his three matches for Ireland, he scored 59 runs at an average (cricket)|average] of 11.80.

Harrison has served as president of the Irish Cricket Union since 2006.
He was appointed Member of the Order of the [British Empire] in the 2016 New Year Honours for voluntary service to cricket in Northern Ireland.

Harrison came from a cricketing family. Three of his brothers, Deryck, Garfield and Jim, all played for Ireland, as did his brother-in-law Eddie Bushe and his nephew Jonathan Bushe.