Harry Daer

Harry Bruce Daer (10 December 1918 – 19 December 1980) was an English cricketer. Daer was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Hammersmith, London.

Harry Daer

Personal information
Full name	Harry Bruce Daer
Born	10 December 1918 Hammersmith, London, England
Died	19 December 1980 (aged 62) Plymouth, Devon, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Relations	Arthur Daer (brother)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1938–1939	Essex
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 9 Runs scored 60 Batting average 6.66 100s/50s –/– Top score 17 Balls bowled 570 Wickets 11 Bowling average 35.18 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 3/21 Catches/stumpings 4/–
Source: Cricinfo, 24 January 2011

Daer made his first-class debut for Essex against Worcestershire in the 1938 County Championship. He played 7 further first-class fixtures in that season, playing one more first-class fixture in the following against Yorkshire at Bramall Lane, Sheffield.[1] Daer very much adhered to the stereotype of a tailender, scoring just 60 runs in his 9 matches at a batting average of 6.66 and a high score of 17.[2] More successful with the ball, Daer took 11 wickets at a bowling average of 35.18, with best figures of 3/21.

During World War II, Daer is mentioned in the London Gazette in January 1942 as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Army Service Corps.[3] He died in Plymouth, Devon on 19 December 1980. Daer had survived his brother, Arthur, by five months. He too played first-class cricket, having a more successful career at the highest domestic level.

References

1. First-Class Matches played by Harry Daer
2. First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Harry Daer
3. "No. 35433". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 January 1942. p. 440.

External links

• Harry Daer at Cricinfo
• Harry Daer at CricketArchive