{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | country = England | fullname = Harold William Dainty | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1892|6|2|df=yes}} | birth_place = Rushton, Northamptonshire, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|1961|4|17|1892|6|2|df=yes}} | death_place = Kettering, Northamptonshire, England | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm fast | role = | family = | club1 = Northamptonshire | year1 = 1922 | clubnumber1 = | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 3 | runs1 = 20 | bat avg1 = 6.66 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 8 | deliveries1 = 78 | wickets1 = – | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1 = –/– | date = 18 November | year = 2011 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/12019.html Cricinfo }}
'''Harold William Dainty''' (2 June 1892 – 17 April 1961) was an English cricketer. Dainty was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. He was born at Rushton, Northamptonshire.
Dainty made three first-class appearances for Northamptonshire in the 1922 County Championship against Lancashire, Yorkshire and Essex.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28924/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Harold Dainty|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=18 November 2011}}</ref> In his three first-class matches, he scored 20 runs at an average of 6.66, with a high score of 8.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28924/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Harold Dainty|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=18 November 2011}}</ref> With the ball he bowled a total of thirteen overs, though without taking any wickets.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28924/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Harold Dainty|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=18 November 2011}}</ref>
He died at Kettering, Northamptonshire on 17 April 1961.
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==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/12019.html Harold Dainty] at ESPNcricinfo *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28924/28924.html Harold Dainty] at CricketArchive
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