Harold Fear

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Harold Fear

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Harold Percival Fear

| height =

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1908|4|16|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Finchley, Middlesex, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1943|5|13|1908|4|16|df=yes}}

| death_place = Bishop's Hull, Taunton, Somerset, England

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling =

| role = Batsman

| family =

| club1 = Somerset

| year1 = 1934

| type1 = FC

| debutdate1 = 30 May

| debutyear1 = 1934

| debutfor1 = Somerset

| debutagainst1 = Sussex

| lastdate1 = 17 July

| lastyear1 = 1934

| lastfor1 = Somerset

| lastagainst1 = Lancashire

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 28

| bat avg1 = 9.33

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 23

| deliveries1 = 18

| wickets1 = 0

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = 0/–

| date = 22 February

| year = 2011

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3543/3543.html CricketArchive

}}

Harold Percival Fear (16 April 1908 – 13 May 1943) played first-class cricket for Somerset in two matches in 1934.{{cite web | url = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/3/3543/3543.html| title = Harold Fear |publisher = www.cricketarchive.com | accessdate = 2011-02-18}} He was born at Finchley, Middlesex and died at Bishop's Hull, Taunton, Somerset.

Educated at Taunton School, Fear was a right-handed middle-order batsman. He made 23 in the second innings of his first match when Somerset were made to follow on by Sussex, and that was his highest first-class score.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14997.html| title = Scorecard: Somerset v Sussex | date = 1934-05-30 |publisher = www.cricketarchive.com | accessdate = 2011-02-18}} In his only other first-class appearance he made five against Lancashire in a high-scoring match.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15116.html| title = Scorecard: Somerset v Lancashire | date = 1934-07-14 |publisher = www.cricketarchive.com | accessdate = 2011-02-22}}