Leo Harrison, one of the last two county cricketers to have made his first-class debut before the outbreak of the Second World

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Leo Harrison, one of the last two county cricketers to have made his first-class debut before the outbreak of the Second World War, has died in his home county of Dorset. He was 94.Harrison, born in the fishing village of Mudeford in Dorset, made his county debut for Hampshire in 1939 as Europe prepared for war. He made 396 first-class appearances and his career flickered as late as 1966 thanks to an emergency return that season, as a coach, when he pulled on the wicketkeeping gloves for the last time.At the start of the war, he joined the RAF, but failed the pilots eyesight test and spent the war making flying instruments for Bomber Command. He played cricket in spectacles after the war, his poor eye sight not bad enough to halt his county career.Harrison had a lifelong friendship with John Arlott, who he first knew as the village policeman, long before Arlotts Hampshire burr became one of cricket broadcastings most famous voices.John Manners, at 102, remains Englands oldest living first-class cricketer - perhaps the worlds - as well as the oldest member of MCC.The careers of both men were celebrated in the 2016 edition of Wisden. Vapormax Flyknit Black Cheap . Gerald Green and Miles Plumlee? Green had bounced around the NBA when he wasnt playing overseas. The Pacers gave up on Plumlee after just one season. Now Green and Plumlee are key cogs in the Suns surprising breakout season. Wholesale Nike Vapormax . After Martin Skrtel put the Reds in front from close range at Stamford Bridge after only four minutes, Hazard hit back in the 17th with a superb strike. 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