George Harris, 4th Baron Harris

The Right Honorable

The Lord Harris

GCSI GCIE CB TD ADC

Lord Harris in the 1880s
Personal information
Full name	George Robert Canning Harris
Born	(1851-02-03)3 February 1851 St Ann's, Trinidad
Died	24 March 1932(1932-03-24) (aged 81) Throwley, Kent
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast
Role	Batsman
Military Service
Allegiance	Great Britain
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1880s - 1908
Rank	Lieutenant-Colonel Assistant Adjutant General
Unit	Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles Imperial Yeomanry
Battles/wars	Second Boer War
International information
National side	England
Test debut (cap 13)	2 January 1879 v Australia
Last Test	11 August 1884 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1870–1911	Kent
1871–1895	Marylebone Cricket Club
1871–1874	Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class Matches 4 224 Runs scored 145 9,990 Batting average 29.00 26.85 100s/50s 0/1 11/55 Top score 52 176 Balls bowled 32 3,446 Wickets 0 75 Bowling average – 23.44 5 wickets in innings – 1 10 wickets in match – 0 Best bowling – 5/57 Catches/stumpings 2/– 190/–
Source: CricInfo, 8 February 2015

Colonel George Robert Canning Harris, 4th Baron Harris, GCSI, GCIE, CB, TD, ADC^[1] (3 February 1851 – 24 March 1932), generally known as Lord Harris, was a British colonial administrator and Governor of Bombay, best known for developing cricket administration via Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).

An English amateur cricketer, from 1870 to 1889, Lord Harris played for Kent and England, captaining both teams. He was President of the Kent County Football Association between 1881 and 1908, as well as serving as a government minister from 1885 to 1900.