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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| country = England
| fullname = Fred Harker
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1911|5|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Norton-on-Tees]], [[County Durham]], [[England]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1999|3|14|1911|5|12|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Stockton-on-Tees]], County Durham, England
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| heightm =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = [[Leg break]]
| role =
| family =
| club1 = [[Durham County Cricket Club|Durham]]
| year1 = 1947
| clubnumber1 =
| club2 = [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
| year2 = 1944/45
| clubnumber2 =
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 16
| bat avg1 = 8.00
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 16
| deliveries1 = 24
| wickets1 = 1
| bowl avg1 = 16.00
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 1/16
| catches/stumpings1 = –/–
| date = 31 August
| year = 2011
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/29334.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Fred Harker''' (12 May 1911 – 14 March 1999) was an English [[cricket]]er. Harker was a right-handed [[Batsman (cricket)|batsman]] who bowled [[leg break]]. He was born in [[Norton-on-Tees]], [[County Durham]].

Harker made a single [[first-class cricket|first-class]] appearance in the [[British Raj]] for [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]] against [[United Provinces cricket team|United Provinces]] in the 1944/45 [[Ranji Trophy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13619/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Fred Harker|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=31 August 2011}}</ref> In Bengal's first-innings he was dismissed for a [[duck (cricket)|duck]] by [[S.N. Gandhi]], while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 16 runs by J. Mehra. He bowled during the United Provinces first-innings, taking the wicket of [[A. Majeed]] for the cost of 16 runs from 4 [[over (cricket)|overs]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17443.html|title=Bengal v United Provinces, 1944/45 Ranji Trophy|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=31 August 2011}}</ref> Later when he was back in [[England]], he played two matches for [[Durham County Cricket Club|Durham]] in the 1947 [[Minor Counties Championship]], playing a match each against the [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire Second XI]] and the [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire Second XI]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13619/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Fred Harker|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=31 August 2011}}</ref>

He died in [[Stockton-on-Tees]], County Durham on 14 March 1999.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/29334.html Fred Harker] at [[ESPNcricinfo]]
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13619/13619.html Fred Harker] at CricketArchive

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[[Category:1911 births]]
[[Category:1999 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Norton, County Durham]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Bengal cricketers]]
[[Category:Durham cricketers]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Yorkshire]]

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