Harold White (English cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer and clergyman}}

{{for|the New Zealand cricketer|Harold White (New Zealand cricketer)}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Harold White

| birth_date = 16 June 1876

| birth_place = Kirkstall, Yorkshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1965|1|11|1876|6|16}}

| death_place = Taunton, Somerset, England

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| family =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast

| role =

| club1 = Oxford University

| year1 = 1900–1901

| club2 = Northumberland

| year2 = 1909–1913

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 11

| runs1 = 77

| bat avg1 = 8.55

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 26

| deliveries1 = 1,662

| wickets1 = 31

| bowl avg1 = 23.38

| fivefor1 = 1

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 6/10

| catches/stumpings1 = 3/–

| date = 18 June

| year = 2019

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/22907.html Cricinfo

}}

Harold White (16 June 1876 – 11 January 1965) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.

White was born at Kirkstall in June 1876. He later studied at Keble College at the University of Oxford.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33791/33791.html |title=Player profile: Harold White |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-06-18 |url-access=subscription}} While studying at Oxford he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against A. J. Webbe's XI at Oxford in 1900.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33791/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Harold White |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-06-18 |url-access=subscription}} He played first-class cricket for Oxford University until 1901, making eleven appearances. Playing as a right-arm fast bowler, White took 31 wickets at an average of 23.38, with best figures of 6 for 10.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33791/f_Bowling_by_Team.html |title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Harold White |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-06-18 |url-access=subscription}} These figures were his only first-class five wicket haul and came against Sussex at Hove in 1900.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/5/5478.html |title=Sussex v Oxford University, 1900 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-06-18 |url-access=subscription}} His teammates while playing for Oxford included Bernard Bosanquet, and, Tip Foster, a future England captain.

After graduating from Oxford he became an Anglican clergyman. While working as a clergyman at Cramlington, White played minor counties cricket for Northumberland between 1909 and 1913, making eight appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33791/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Harold White |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-06-18 |url-access=subscription}} His career as a clergyman later took him to Killingworth, Bugbrooke, and Chawton. He died at Taunton in January 1965.