Harry Dean 2921817 168759787 2007-11-02T16:51:17Z Hammer1980 709230 clean up using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] {{Infobox Historic Cricketer | flag = Flag_of_England.svg | nationality = English | country = England | country abbrev = Eng | name = Harry Dean | picture = Cricket_no_pic.png | batting style = Left-handed batsman (LHB) | bowling style = Left-arm fast-medium | tests = 3 | test runs = 10 | test bat avg = 5.00 | test 100s/50s = 0/0 | test top score = 8 | test balls = 447 | test wickets = 11 | test bowl avg = 13.90 | test 5s = 0 | test 10s = 0 | test best bowling = 4/19 | test catches/stumpings = 2/0 | FCs = 267 | FC runs = 2,559 | FC bat avg = 10.31 | FC 100s/50s = 0/0 | FC top score = 49* | FC balls = 59,289 | FC wickets = 1,301 | FC bowl avg = 18.14 | FC 5s = 97 | FC 10s = 24 | FC best bowling = 9/31 | FC catches/stumpings = 121/0 | debut date = 24 June | debut year = 1912 | last date = 22 August | last year = 1912 | source = http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/11855.html }} '''Harry Dean''', born [[August 13]], [[1884]] and died at [[Garstang]], [[Lancashire]], [[March 12]], [[1957]], was a [[cricketer]] who played for [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] and [[English cricket team|England]]. Dean was a left-arm bowler who could bowl fast-medium swing or slower spinners to suit the conditions. Joining Lancashire in [[1906]], he made an immediate impact with 60 wickets in his first season. He took 100 wickets in 1907 but was expensive given that virtually all the pitches suited spin bowling, but improved steadily to be by 1910 clearly the best bowler in the Lancashire eleven with 137 wickets. In 1911, although he was overworked when [[Walter Brearley]] was away on business, Dean went from strength to strength, taking 175 wickets in the [[County Championship]]. When Brearley played with him, the two could be formidable indeed. Against [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]] on a perfect wicket at Canterbury they got down eight wickets for 58 at the start and went on to take all twenty wickets in the match - Brearley twelve for 218, Dean eight for 144 - depriving Kent of a hat-trick of titles in the process. In 1912, now almost exclusively bowling spin, Dean was better than ever and in wet weather carried all before him, taking 13 for 49 against Worcestershire and fifteen wickets against Kent - both at Old Trafford. He played three times for England that summer in the [[1912 Triangular Tournament]] - twice against [[South African cricket team|South Africa]] and once against [[Australian cricket team|Australia]]. Though he bowled very well in these games, he was near retirement before the next home [[Test cricket|Tests]] were played and was never thought likely to do well abroad. In [[1913]], Dean was steady but rather expensive on the hard wickets, but on a rain-affected pitch in a special "Roses match" against [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]] arranged for the visit of [[George V of the United Kingdom|King George V]] to the [[Aigburth]] ground at [[Liverpool]], Dean accomplished one of the best performance in first-class cricket. He took nine wickets for 62 runs in the first innings, and eight for 29 in the second, and his match figures of 17 for 91 remain the best in a [[first-class cricket|first-class match]] for Lancashire or against Yorkshire. In 1914, Dean was absent for most of the first half of the season, and did only one notable performance on returning when he took 13 for 84 against a strong [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]] side, whilst he was very disappointing in 1919. However, he surprised the critics in 1920 with a superb season, taking over 120 wickets and with [[Lawrence Cook (cricketer)|Lawrence Cook]] helping Lancashire to second spot. He bowled very well in 1921 even if helped by some appalling batting sides, but then switched to Cheshire in the [[Minor Counties]] Championship, for whom Brearley had played and Dean continued to play until 1926. ==References== *[http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/11855.html Cricinfo page on Harry Dean] {{DEFAULTSORT:Dean, Harry}} [[Category:English Test cricketers]] [[Category:Lancashire cricketers]] [[Category:1884 births]] [[Category:1957 deaths]]