Harry Apted

{{short description|Fijian cricketer}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Harry Joseph Apted

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| country = Fiji

| fullname = Harry Joseph Apted

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1925|4|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Suva, Fiji

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|4|8|1925|04|30|df=y}}

| death_place = Suva, Fiji

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| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Left-arm orthodox

| role =

| international = true

| club1 =

| year1 =

| columns = 1

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 9

| runs1 = 497

| bat avg1 = 27.61

| 100s/50s1 = –/4

| top score1 = 97

| deliveries1 = 211

| wickets1 = 5

| bowl avg1 = 27.80

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 2/36

| catches/stumpings1 = 19/–

| date = 13 March

| year = 2010

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/24042.html Cricinfo

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Harry Joseph Apted (30 April 1925 – 8 April 2016)[https://www.facebook.com/171302739547898/photos/a.201802639831241.61119.171302739547898/1226612500683578/?type=3 Fiji Hockey Federation HARRY APTED - Fiji Sports Legend passes 'facebook'] was a Fijian cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left arm orthodox.

Apted made his first-class debut for Fiji in 1948 against Auckland during Fiji's tour of New Zealand. From 1948 to 1954 he played 9 first-class matches for Fiji, with his final first-class appearance coming against Auckland during Fiji's 1953/54 tour of New Zealand.

In his 9 first-class matches for Fiji he scored 497 runs at a batting average of 27.61, with four half centuries and a high score of 97 against Auckland in 1948. With the ball he took 5 wickets at a bowling average of 27.80, with best figures of 2/36. In the field he took 19 catches for Fiji.

Apted also represented Fiji in 76 non first-class matches from 1948 to 1968, including a match against the touring West Indians. Apted's final match for Fiji came in 1968 against Northland.

In 2008, Apted was inducted into the Fiji Sports Hall of Fame.{{cite web|title=2008 Harry Joseph Apted - Cricket|url=http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=2-3653-0-0-0&sID=35815&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=7170815|website=Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee|accessdate=11 February 2018}} He died in April 2016.{{Cite web | title = Families, sportsmen farewell Harry Apted - Fiji Times Online | author = Mele, Kalesi | work = fijitimes.com | date = | accessdate = 2016-04-16 | url = http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=349622 | quote = | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160425120603/http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=349622 | archive-date = 2016-04-25 | url-status = dead }}