Henry George Pearce (April 21, 1886 – March 27, 1936) was an American cricketer. He was a fast bowler, who played cricket in Philadelphia during cricket's brief North American "golden age". He first played for the Philadelphian cricket team in first-class cricket on their three match tour of Jamaica in 1909. He returned to the side for the home two match series against Australia, and followed this up with a match for a combined Canada/USA team, also against Australia, which was to be his final first-class appearance. Across his seven first-class matches, he took 22 wickets at an average of 21.68 with a best of 7/57 against Australia.
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| Full name | Henry George Pearce | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 21, 1886 United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | March 27, 1936 (aged 49) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown arm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1908/09–1913 | Gentlemen of Philadelphia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, January 22, 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
edit- Henry Pearce at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- Henry Pearce at ESPNcricinfo
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