Henry Harris (Australian cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
About Henry Harris (Australian cricketer)
- Henry Vere Poulett-Harris (22 April 1865 – 7 March 1933) was an Australian cricket player, runner, footballer, gold prospector and gold mine owner.
- Vere Poulett-Harris played five first-class cricket matches for the Tasmania and Western Australia cricket teams between 1883 and 1899.One early news report described him as a "sterling cricketer and footballer" whilst another described him as a "sterling batsman and good field."Vere Poulett-Harris' father was Richard Deodatus Poulett-Harris, an educationalist, priest, the founder of the Masonic Lodge in Tasmania and the co-founder of the University of Tasmania.
- Amongst his other activities, Richard was passionate about cricket and, in 1882, was elected a trustee of the Southern Tasmanian Cricket Association.
- Furthermore, he encouraged the boys at the high school of which he was the headmaster to compete at sports.Vere Poulett-Harris left Tasmania to study medicine but ended up working for a time as a bank clerk at Charters Towers before becoming a gold prospector.
- By 1898, he was prospecting in Western Australia.He discovered the Corinthian gold mine in the Yilgarn Gold Field of Western Australia and was also one of the first people to prospect at Burtville.
- He wrote an account of the discovery of Corinthian which was published in a newspaper of the time.In 1911, he was called as a witness to testify during Chaffinch Mine Conspiracy trial.Vere Poulett-Harris' obituary states that he was "one of the outstanding athletes in the State, winning great success as a runner, cricketer and footballer.
- He played cricket for the Wellington Club and was regarded as one of the most graceful batsmen in the State.
- He was a member of the State team when a youth, and toured New Zealand with the Tasmanian team under the captaincy of the late Sir George Davies.
- Later he met with success as a batsman on the mainland.
- He was also a champion footballer and a member of the Cricketers' Football Club, some of his contemporaries being Messrs.
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- As a runner he defeated many of the recognised champions of his day."He died aged 67, leaving no wife or children.
- His younger sister, Lily Poulett-Harris, founded women's cricket in Australia.
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