Fred Harker

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{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

| year1 = 1947

| clubnumber1 =

| club2 = Bengal

| year2 = 1944/45

| clubnumber2 =

| columns = 1

| column1 = 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 ESPNcricinfo

}}

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

Harker made a single first-class appearance in the British Raj for Bengal against United Provinces in the 1944/45 Ranji Trophy.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13619/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Fred Harker|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=31 August 2011}} In Bengal's first-innings he was dismissed for a 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 overs.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17443.html|title=Bengal v United Provinces, 1944/45 Ranji Trophy|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=31 August 2011}} Later when he was back in England, he played two matches for Durham in the 1947 Minor Counties Championship, playing a match each against the Yorkshire Second XI and the Lancashire Second XI.{{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|access-date=31 August 2011}}

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