Born 1847 Sydney Died 1907 Bendigo | Played for : Victoria and Australia

 

Harry Boyle was among the first Australian Players to tour England in 1878. He was mainly a right arm bowler, wasn't very quick (steady medium pace) and had to rely on good line and length and his accuracy. He was a tall man (no height on record) and because of this, his ability to get the ball to rise sharply off the pitch aided in his success. Playing against the MCC in 1878, Boyle, Spofforth and Allan, dismissed the MCC twice in one day. For the record, Boyle took 3 for 19 runs and 5 for 3 runs, 8 wickets in the match.

 

Boyle toured England again in 1880, 82, 84, 88 and 90. Unfortunately for him, he only played in 12 matches despite the tours. Harry made up for his lack of Test playing by taking 311 first class wickets at an average of only 13.48 with 125 of them coming in the 1882 tour.