{{short description|South African cricketer}} {{For|the Australian footballer|Gerry Hartigan}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Use South African English|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Gerald Hartigan | image = File:Gerald Hartigan.jpg | caption = | fullname = Gerald Patrick Desmond Hartigan | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1884|12|30|df=yes}} | birth_place = King William's Town, Cape Colony | death_date = {{Death date and age|1955|1|7|1884|12|13|df=yes}} | death_place = Addington, Durban, Natal, South Africa | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm fast-medium | club1 = Border | year1 = {{nowrap|1903/04–1926/27}} | columns = 2 | column1 = Test | matches1 = 5 | runs1 = 114 | bat avg1 = 11.40 | 100s/50s1 = 0/1 | top score1 = 51 | deliveries1 = 252 | wickets1 = 1 | bowl avg1 = 141.00 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 1/72 | catches/stumpings1= 0/– | column2 = First-class | matches2 = 37 | runs2 = 1,535 | bat avg2 = 29.51 | 100s/50s2 = 3/8 | top score2 = 176* | deliveries2 = 3,924 | wickets2 = 92 | bowl avg2 = 21.08 | fivefor2 = 4 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 7/44 | catches/stumpings2= 19/– | international = true | country = South Africa | testdebutagainst = Australia | testdebutdate = 27 May | testdebutyear = 1912 | lasttestdate = 1 January | lasttestagainst = England | lasttestyear = 1914 | source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/gerald-hartigan-45415 Cricinfo | date = 14 November | year = 2022 }} '''Gerald Patrick Desmond Hartigan''' (30 December 1884 – 7 January 1955) was a South African cricketer who played in five Test matches from 1912 to 1914. He also represented South Africa at soccer.
==Life and career== Hartigan was born in King William's Town in the Cape Colony, and attended St Aidan's School there.<ref>[https://archive.acscricket.com/cricket/1912/64/index.html "A Chat about Mr Gerald Hartigan"], ''Cricket'', 20 April 1912, pp. 57–58.</ref> A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, he made his first-class career with Border, taking 92 wickets and scoring three centuries.<ref name="CricInfo profile">{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/45415.html|title=Player Profile: Gerald Hartigan|publisher=CricInfo|accessdate=10 April 2010}}</ref> His highest score of 176 came against Eastern Province in 1910–11.<ref name=WObit>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/155504.html|title=Obituary: Gerald Hartigan|work=John Wisden & Co.|publisher=CricInfo|accessdate=10 April 2010}}</ref>
Hartigan was one of the most successful batsmen in South African first-class cricket in 1910–11 and 1911–12, scoring 698 runs at an average of 63.45.<ref>{{cite web |title=First-class Batting and Fielding in South Africa for 1910/11 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/Seasonal_Averages/RSA/1910-11_f_Batting_by_Average.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=22 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=First-class Batting and Fielding in South Africa for 1911/12 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/Seasonal_Averages/RSA/1911-12_f_Batting_by_Average.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=22 May 2024}}</ref> He was selected to tour England for the 1912 Triangular Tournament. He scored 103 in the innings victory over Worcestershire early in the tour,<ref>{{cite web |title=Worcestershire v South Africa 1912 |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1910S/1912/RSA_IN_ENG/RSA_WORCS_23-25MAY1912.html |website=Cricinfo |access-date=22 May 2024}}</ref> but was otherwise unsuccessful, playing in only two of South Africa's six Tests before fracturing his arm during one match while throwing the ball in from the field.<ref name=WObit/> He played in the first three Tests when England toured South Africa in 1913–14, top-scoring with 51 in the first innings of the Second Test.<ref>{{cite web |title=2nd Test, Johannesburg, December 26 - 30, 1913, England tour of South Africa |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-tour-of-south-africa-1913-14-61684/south-africa-vs-england-2nd-test-62517/full-scorecard |website=Cricinfo |access-date=22 May 2024}}</ref>
Hartigan also played six matches of soccer for South Africa.<ref>Colin Bryden, ''All-Rounder: The Buster Farrer Story'', Aloe Publishing, Kidd's Beach, 2013, p. 45.</ref> He toured Argentina with the South African team in 1906, and played at home against England in 1911.<ref>[https://archive.acscricket.com/cricket/1912/20/index.html "South African Cricket"], ''Cricket'', 27 January 1912, pp. 10–12.</ref>
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