Harry Boyes (cricketer)

{{short description|South African cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Harry Boyes

| fullname = Harry Edward Boyes

| birth_date = 17 March 1908

| birth_place = Maseru, Basutoland

| death_date = 21 June 1979 (aged 71)

| death_place = Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa

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| family = George Boyes (brother)

| club1 = Natal

| year1 = 1929/30

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 11

| bat avg1 = 5.50

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 6

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = 0/–

| date = 10 September

| year = 2015

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13033/13033.html CricketArchive

}}

Harry Edward Boyes (17 March 1908 – 21 June 1979) was a South African cricketer who played a single first-class match for Natal during the 1929–30 season.

Boyes was the younger brother of George Wroughton Boyes, who also played first-class cricket for Natal.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13032/13032.html George Boyes] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2015. The brothers were both born in Maseru, in present-day Lesotho (formerly part of the British colony of Basutoland).[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13033/13033.html Harry Boyes] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2015. They represent two of only a handful of first-class cricketers to be born in that country.{{Efn|Others include Alan Barr, Peter Hobson, Reginald Lagden, Ronald Lagden, Arthur Lewis, and Dennis Piers.}} Harry Boyes played his only match for Natal in December 1939, against Border in Queenstown.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13033/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Harry Boyes] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2015. A middle-order batsman, he made five runs in the first innings and six in the second. Three other players – John Beveridge, Cecil Warner, and Murray Whitehead – were also making their first-class debuts in the match, which was part of 1929–30 season of the Currie Cup.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/13/13347.html Border v Natal], Currie Cup 1929/30 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2015. Boyes died in Pietermaritzburg in 1979, aged 71.