Steriker Hare

{{Short description|English cricketer (1900–1977)}}

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

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| country = England

| fullname = Steriker Norman Hare

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1900|3|31|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Tottenham, Middlesex, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1977|9|30|1900|3|31|df=yes}}

| death_place = Meadle, Buckinghamshire, England

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| batting = Right-handed

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| family =

| club1 = Essex

| year1 = 1921

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| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 3

| runs1 = 117

| bat avg1 = 23.40

| 100s/50s1 = –/1

| top score1 = 98

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| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–

| date = 27 October

| year = 2011

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/14048.html Cricinfo

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Steriker ('Eric'){{cite book |last1=Hare |first1=David |authorlink1=David Hare (playwright) |title=The Blue Touch Paper: A Memoir |date=2015 |publisher=Faber and Faber}} Norman Hare {{post-nominals|CBE}} (31 March 1900 – 30 September 1977) was an English cricketer. Hare was a right-handed batsman. The son of a manager for Barclays Bank, Hare was born at Tottenham, Middlesex and educated at Chigwell School.

Hare made his first-class debut for Essex against Derbyshire in the 1921 County Championship. He made two further first-class appearances that season, against Gloucestershire and Somerset.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4895/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Steriker Hare|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=27 October 2011}} He scored a total of 117 runs in these three matches at an average of 23.40, with a high score of 98.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4895/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Steriker Hare|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=27 October 2011}} This score came in the match against Derbyshire, during which he shared in a stand of 251 for the 9th wicket with Johnny Douglas. This remains the record partnership for Essex for the 9th wicket.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/Firstclass/Essex/Batting_Records/Highest_Partnership_Each_Wicket_For.html|title=Highest Partnership for Each Wicket for Essex|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=27 October 2011}}

Having spent his career working for Royal Dutch Shell in Baghdad, he died at Meadle, Buckinghamshire on 30 September 1977. His younger brother, Clifford Theodore Rippon Hare, was the father of the playwright Sir David Hare.