Full Name

Leslie Fitzroy Harris

Born

October 09, 1920, Laynes Gap, Brittons Hill, St Michael, Barbados

Died

May 20, 2007, Bridgetown, Barbados, (aged 86y 223d)

Nicknames

Shell

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Legbreak Googly

RELATIONS

(half-brother)

Les Harris played both cricket and football for Barbados in the 1940s but, after several years as a school teacher, became popular in later life as a radio sports commentator. Widely known as "Shell", a nickname of inexplicable origin, Harris captivated listeners with his thick Bajan brogue and idioms in commentaries on cricket, football and, especially, boxing. He was a contemporary of Frank Worrell at Combermere School where he first came to notice as a flighty spin bowler and dogged lower order batsman.
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack

Les Harris Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50sCtSt
FC5646527*32.500020

Bowling

FormatMatBallsRunsWktsBBIAveEconSR5w10w
FC5628313124/5526.082.9952.300

Debut/Last Matches of Les Harris

FC Matches

Span
1942/43 - 1944/45

Recent Matches of Les Harris

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Barbados vs Trinidad3*4/55 & 2/4425-Jul-1942BridgetownFC
Barbados vs Trinidad0*2/2918-Jul-1942BridgetownFC