Harry Donnan

{{short description|Australian cricketer}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=September 2012}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Harry Donnan

| image = Harry Donnan.jpg

| caption = Harry Donnan

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1864|11|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1956|8|13|1864|11|12|df=yes}}

| death_place = Bexley, New South Wales, Australia

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium-pace

| club1 = New South Wales

| year1 = 1887–88 to 1900–01

| columns = 2

| column1 = Tests

| matches1 = 5

| runs1 = 75

| bat avg1 = 8.33

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 15

| deliveries1 = 54

| wickets1 = 0

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1= 1/0

| column2 = First-class

| matches2 = 94

| runs2 = 4262

| bat avg2 = 29.19

| 100s/50s2 = 6/22

| top score2 = 167

| deliveries2 = 3081

| wickets2 = 29

| bowl avg2 = 41.06

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 3/14

| catches/stumpings2= 37/0

| international = true

| country = Australia

| testdebutfor =

| testdebutagainst = England

| testdebutdate = 1 January

| testdebutyear = 1892

| testcap = 61

| lasttestdate = 10 August

| lasttestfor =

| lasttestagainst = England

| lasttestyear = 1896

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/4969.html Cricinfo

| date =

| year =

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Henry Donnan (12 November 1864 – 13 August 1956) was an Australian cricketer who played in 5 Tests between 1892 and 1896.

Donnan scored the first century in the Sheffield Shield when he made 120 for New South Wales against South Australia in the first Shield match in 1892–93.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/3/3900.html| title = South Australia v New South Wales 1892-93| publisher = CricketArchive| accessdate = 20 April 2015}}

Donnan worked for the Colonial Sugar Refining Company for 42 years until he retired in 1923.{{cite web |title=Harry Donnan |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/4969.html |website=Cricinfo |access-date=22 January 2021}}

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