Harrison Dalton
English cricketer (1825-1881)
Harrison Dalton (c. 1825 – 14 July 1881) was an English cricketer. He was born in Gipping, Suffolk, and christened at Stowmarket on 20 July 1825.
A batsman of unknown style, Dalton made a single appearance first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Oxford University in 1846 at the Magdalen Ground, Oxford. In a match which the MCC won by three wickets, Dalton ended the MCC's first-innings not out on 1 run, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 6 runs by Gerald Yonge. Dalton batted at number eleven in the MCC first-innings, but opened the batting alongside Roger Kynaston in their second-innings.
He died at Whitchurch-on-Thames, Oxfordshire on 14 July 1881.
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