William Harrington

William Harrington (27 December 1869 – 2 January 1940) was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler, including fifteen first-class matches.

Playing career Harrington made his debut for Ireland against I Zingari in July 1894, and soon became a regular member of the team. He played seven further times for Ireland until 1901, playing against I Zingari, the MCC, Surrey and South Africa, amongst others. but disaster struck in the next match against Philadelphia as Bart King ripped through the Irish batting line up, taking all ten wickets in the first innings and a hat-trick in the second as the Gentlemen of Ireland lost by an innings and 168 runs. Harrington stood tall in the second innings with 27 not out, the highest score of that innings for the Irish. Ireland also lost the last match of the tour, also against Philadelphia by an innings.

After the American tour, he played three first-class matches against Scotland in 1910, 1911 and 1912. He then came back to the Irish side nine years later for a final match against Scotland in August 1921 at the age of 51.

Statistics In all matches for Ireland, he scored 270 runs at an average of 8.44 with a high score of 30 against Cambridge University in 1904. He took 112 wickets at an average of 16.62. He took five wickets in an innings eight times and ten wickets in a match once.