{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = England | fullname = Joseph Henry Falcon | birth_date = 9 April 1892 | birth_place = Horstead, Norfolk, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1950|2|11|1892|4|9}} | death_place = Lowestoft, Suffolk, England | heightft = | heightinch = | nickname = | family = Michael Falcon (brother) | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm fast-medium | role = | club1 = Norfolk | year1 = 1911–1924 | club2 = Cambridge University | year2 = 1914 | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 2 | runs1 = 3 | bat avg1 = – | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 3* | deliveries1 = 362 | wickets1 = 5 | bowl avg1 = 33.00 | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 3/72 | catches/stumpings1 = –/– | date = 16 July | year = 2019 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/12990.html Cricinfo }}
'''Joseph Henry 'Harry' Falcon''' (9 April 1892 – 11 February 1950) was an English first-class cricketer.
The son of Michael Falcon and his wife, Isabella Falcon (née Mordy), he was born at Horstead House in Norfolk.<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book |title=Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1922 |last=Hesilridge |first=Arthur G. M. |year=1922 |publisher=Dean & Son |page=54 |url=https://archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1922londuoft#page/54/mode/1up}}</ref> He was educated at Harrow School,<ref>{{cite book |title=The Harrow School Register, 1801-1911 |first1=Milverton Godfrey |last1=Dauglish |first2=Pleydell Keppel |last2=Stephenson |date=1911 |publisher=Longmans, Green |pages=861 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HGHI9c5N2KAC |language=en}}</ref> before going up to Pembroke College, Cambridge.<ref name="OBIT">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228422.html |title=Wisden - Obituaries in 1950 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |accessdate=2019-07-16}}</ref> While at Cambridge, he made two appearances in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against Sussex and the Marylebone Cricket Club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29338/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Harry Falcon |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-07-16 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He took 5 wickets in his two matches, with best figures of 3 for 72.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29338/f_Bowling_by_Team.html |title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Harry Falcon |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-07-16 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He played minor counties cricket for Norfolk before the First World War, making seven appearances in the Minor Counties Championship from 1911 to 1914.<ref name="MCM">{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29338/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Harry Falcon |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-07-16 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
Falcon served in the war with the 1st East Anglian Regiment, enlisting as a second lieutenant in August 1914.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28879|date=25 August 1914|page=6702}}</ref> He was made a temporary lieutenant in May 1915,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29189|date=11 June 1915|page=5645}}</ref> with full promotion to the rank coming in June 1916.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30051|date=4 May 1917|page=4325|supp=y}}</ref> He was made an acting captain in August 1917, while second in command of a battalion,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30349|date=23 October 1917|page=10968|supp=y}}</ref> with full promotion to the rank coming in August 1918.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31175|date=11 February 1919|page=2233|supp=y}}</ref> Following the conclusions of the war, he was made an acting major in February 1919,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31518|date=22 August 1919|page=10719|supp=y}}</ref> relinquishing the appointment in June 1919.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31546|date=9 September 1919|page=11453|supp=y}}</ref>
He resumed playing minor counties for Norfolk after the war, making an additional fourteen appearances in the Minor Counties Championship from 1920 to 1924.<ref name="MCM"/> He died suddenly at Lowestoft in February 1950.<ref name="OBIT"/> His brother, Michael, was also a first-class cricketer.
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