Roy Ivan Harford is a former New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 cricket

Cricket

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er who played in 3 Tests

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 against India in 1968.

Harford played club cricket for Mitcham

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in Surrey before emigrating to New Zealand where he found himself playing first class cricket for Auckland. Although a competent keeper, his left-handed batting was found wanting at the highest level and he lasted only three seasons and 25 first class matches in the game. He kept well in a home series against India, taking seven catches in his final match at Wellington, but his woeful average told against him in terms of future selection.