Wally Hardinge

Wally Hardinge
Personal information
Full name
Harold Thomas William Hardinge
Born(1886-02-25)25 February 1886
Greenwich, Kent, England
Died8 May 1965(1965-05-08) (aged 79)
Cambridge, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 201)2 July 1921 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1902–1933Kent
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 1 623
Runs scored 30 33,519
Batting average 15.00 36.51
100s/50s 0/0 75/158
Top score 25 263*
Balls bowled 0 24,522
Wickets 371
Bowling average 26.48
5 wickets in innings 8
10 wickets in match 1
Best bowling 7/64
Catches/stumpings 0/– 297/–
Source: CricInfo, 29 December 2008
Association football career
Height 5 ft 8+12 in (1.74 m)[1]
Position(s) Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Eltham
Tonbridge
Maidstone United
1905–1906 Newcastle United 9 (1)
1907–1913 Sheffield United 147 (45)
1913–1920 Woolwich Arsenal 54 (14)
Total 210 (60)
Managerial career
1935 Tottenham Hotspur (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Harold Thomas William Hardinge (25 February 1886 – 8 May 1965),[2] known as Wally Hardinge, was an English professional sportsman who played both cricket and association football for England. His professional cricket career lasted from 1902 to 1933 during which he played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club and made one Test match appearance for England. He was described as being "for years ... one of the leading opening batsmen in England".[3]

He played football at the top domestic level between 1905 and 1921 for Newcastle United, Sheffield United and Arsenal and also made a single international appearance for England in that sport.[4] He briefly managed Tottenham Hotspur after he retired as a sportsman.

  1. ^ The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Woolwich Arsenal, Athletic News, 1913-08-18, p. 5 (Available online at the British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 2023-11-10. (subscription required))
  2. ^ Wally Hardinge, CricInfo. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
  3. ^ The Times, issue 46617, 1933-12-02, p.5.
  4. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012) [2002]. Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-905891-61-0.