# Harold Pretty

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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
|                name = Harold Pretty
|               image = 
|             country = England
|            fullname = Harold Cooper Pretty
|            heightft = 
|          heightinch = 
|            nickname = 
|          birth_date = {{Birth date|1875|10|23|df=yes}}
|         birth_place = [Fressingfield](/source/Fressingfield), [Suffolk](/source/Suffolk), England
|          death_date = {{death date and age|1952|5|30|1875|10|23|df=yes}}
|         death_place = [Kettering](/source/Kettering), [Northamptonshire](/source/Northamptonshire), England
|             batting = Right-handed
|             bowling = Right-arm offbreak
|                role = Batsman 
|               club1 = [Surrey](/source/Surrey_County_Cricket_Club)
|               year1 = 1899
|               club2 = [Northamptonshire](/source/Northamptonshire_County_Cricket_Club)
|               year2 = {{nowrap|1906–1907}}
|               type1 = [FC](/source/First-class_cricket)
|          debutdate1 = 7 August
|          debutyear1 = 1899
|           debutfor1 = Surrey
|       debutagainst1 = [Notts](/source/Nottinghamshire_County_Cricket_Club)
|           lastdate1 = 30 August
|           lastyear1 = 1907
|            lastfor1 = Northants
|        lastagainst1 = [Essex](/source/Essex_County_Cricket_Club)
|             columns = 1
|             column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
|            matches1 = 16
|               runs1 = 696
|            bat avg1 = 26.76
|           100s/50s1 = 2/2
|          top score1 = 200
|         deliveries1 = 190
|            wickets1 = 5
|           bowl avg1 = 27.60
|            fivefor1 = 0
|             tenfor1 = 0
|       best bowling1 = 3/39
|  catches/stumpings1 = 9/–
|                date = 1 June
|                year = 2020
|              source = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32169/32169.html CricketArchive
}}
'''Harold Cooper Pretty''' (23 October 1875 – 30 May 1952) was an English [cricket](/source/cricket)er who played for [Surrey](/source/Surrey_County_Cricket_Club) and [Northamptonshire County Cricket Club](/source/Northamptonshire_County_Cricket_Club)s.<ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/19049.html Harold Pretty at ESPNCricinfo]</ref><ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32169/32169.html Harold Pretty at CricketArchive]</ref> He was born in [Fressingfield](/source/Fressingfield), [Suffolk](/source/Suffolk) and died at [Kettering](/source/Kettering), [Northamptonshire](/source/Northamptonshire), where he was a medical practitioner.<ref>{{cite news| title = Suicide at Kettering | newspaper = Northampton Mercury/British Newspaper Archive | page = 5 | location = Northampton | date = 25 October 1901}}</ref>

Pretty appeared in sixteen first-class matches as a right-handed [batsman](/source/batting_(cricket)) who [bowled](/source/bowling_(cricket)) occasional [off spin](/source/off_break). He played eight times for Surrey in 1899, starting his career with an innings of 124 against [Nottinghamshire](/source/Nottinghamshire_County_Cricket_Club) when he opened the batting alongside [Bobby Abel](/source/Bobby_Abel); ''[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack](/source/Wisden_Cricketers'_Almanack)'' termed it "a masterly innings".<ref>{{Cite book | title = [Wisden Cricketers' Almanack](/source/Wisden_Cricketers'_Almanack) | edition = 1900 | publisher = [Wisden](/source/Wisden) | chapter = Surrey Matches | page = 18 }}</ref> He surpassed that innings in his second match for Northamptonshire in 1906, when he made exactly 200 in 200 minutes with 35 fours against [Derbyshire](/source/Derbyshire_County_Cricket_Club): ''Wisden'' commented that he took "any number of risks" but gave only two real chances, and that he made the rest of the batting in the match appear "quite commonplace".<ref>{{Cite book | title = [Wisden Cricketers' Almanack](/source/Wisden_Cricketers'_Almanack) | edition = 1907 | publisher = [Wisden](/source/Wisden) | chapter = Derbyshire Matches | page = 270 }}</ref>

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