George Harris, 4th Baron Harris

The Right Honorable
The Lord Harris

GCSI GCIE CB TD ADC
Lord Harris in the 1880s
Personal information
Full name
George Robert Canning Harris
Born(1851-02-03)3 February 1851
St Ann's, Trinidad
Died24 March 1932(1932-03-24) (aged 81)
Throwley, Kent
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleBatsman
Military Service
AllegianceGreat Britain
Service / branchBritish Army
Years of service1880s - 1908
RankLieutenant-Colonel
Assistant Adjutant General
UnitRoyal East Kent Mounted Rifles
Imperial Yeomanry
Battles / warsSecond Boer War
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 13)2 January 1879 v Australia
Last Test11 August 1884 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1870–1911Kent
1871–1895Marylebone Cricket Club
1871–1874Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 4 224
Runs scored 145 9,990
Batting average 29.00 26.85
100s/50s 0/1 11/55
Top score 52 176
Balls bowled 32 3,446
Wickets 0 75
Bowling average 23.44
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 5/57
Catches/stumpings 2/– 190/–
Source: CricInfo, 8 February 2015

Colonel George Robert Canning Harris, 4th Baron Harris, GCSI, GCIE, CB, TD, ADC[1] (3 February 1851 – 24 March 1932), generally known as Lord Harris, was a British colonial administrator and Governor of Bombay, best known for developing cricket administration via Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).

An English amateur cricketer, from 1870 to 1889, Lord Harris played for Kent and England, captaining both teams. He was President of the Kent County Football Association between 1881 and 1908, as well as serving as a government minister from 1885 to 1900.

  1. ^ "No. 30723". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1918. p. 6528.