Harry Pougher
Cricket player (1941-2014)
Harry Pougher (1 February 1941 – 19 July 2014) was an English cricketer. Pougher was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire.
Pougher made his debut for Lincolnshire in the 1959 Minor Counties Championship against the Leicestershire Second XI. Pougher played Minor counties cricket for Lincolnshire from 1959 to 1988, which included 123 Minor Counties Championship matches and 10 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his List A debut against Hampshire in the 1967 Gillette Cup. He played 3 further List A matches for Lincolnshire, the last coming against Lancashire in the 1988 NatWest Trophy. In his 4 matches, he scored 112 runs at an average of 28.00, with a high score of 54. This came against Hampshire in his debut List A match.
Altogether Harry Pougher played 145 matches for Lincolnshire, scoring 5532 runs, an aggregate only exceeded by three other players. He became captain of the county side.
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