Harry Joseph Apted | |
Country: | Fiji |
Fullname: | Harry Joseph Apted |
Birth Date: | 30 April 1925 |
Birth Place: | Suva, Fiji |
Death Place: | Suva, Fiji |
Batting: | Left-handed |
Bowling: | Left-arm orthodox |
International: | true |
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 |
Harry Joseph Apted (30 April 1925 – 8 April 2016)[1] 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.[2] He died in April 2016.[3]