{{short description|Australian cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2012}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Roger Hartigan | image = Roger Hartigan c1909.jpg | caption = Hartigan pictured in about 1909 | birth_date = 12 December 1879 | birth_place = Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia | death_date = 7 June 1958 (aged 78) | death_place = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm | columns = 2 | column1 = Test | matches1 = 2 | runs1 = 170 | bat avg1 = 42.50 | 100s/50s1 = 1/0 | top score1 = 116 | deliveries1 = 12 | wickets1 = 0 | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1= 1/– | column2 = First-class | matches2 = 45 | runs2 = 1,901 | bat avg2 = 25.01 | 100s/50s2 = 2/14 | top score2 = 116 | deliveries2 = 592 | wickets2 = 9 | bowl avg2 = 40.11 | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 3/27 | catches/stumpings2= 36/– | international = true | country = Australia | testdebutagainst = England | testdebutdate = 10 January | testdebutyear = 1908 | testcap = 92 | lasttestdate = 21 February | lasttestagainst = England | lasttestyear = 1908 | source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/5905.html Cricinfo | date = 13 October | year = 2022 }}
'''Michael Joseph '''"'''Roger'''"''' Hartigan''' (12 December 1879 – 7 June 1958) was an Australian cricketer and administrator.
Hartigan became Australia's 92nd Test debutant on 10 January 1908 for the Third Test of the 1907–08 Test series against England. Batting at number eight in the second innings, Hartigan (scoring 116) added 243 runs for the eighth wicket – still an Australian Test cricket record<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/team/fow-highest-partnerships-by-wicket/australia-2/test-matches-1 |title=Highest partnerships for Australia in Tests |access-date=25 August 2025}}</ref> – with Clem Hill (160) in oppressive heat at Adelaide Oval.
Missing the Fourth Test through business commitments, Hartigan returned for the Fifth Test of the 1907/08 season six weeks later in Sydney scoring just 1 and 5. Although selected to play in the 1909 Ashes series in England, Hartigan performed poorly in the warm-up matches and never played Test Cricket again.
After his retirement from first-class cricket in 1921, Hartigan served on the Board of Cricket Control – forerunner of today's Cricket Australia – for 35 years, and was also chairman of the Brisbane Cricket Ground Trust. Hartigan, along with John Hutcheon, was given the credit for securing Brisbane's first ever Test Match in 1928.<ref>{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |first=P. J. |last=Mullins |title=John Silvester Hutcheon (1882–1957) |id2=hutcheon-john-silvester-10581 |year=1996 |volume=14 |access-date=25 August 2025}}</ref> The match turned out to be a disaster for Australia losing by 675 runs but it did see the debut of Don Bradman for the home team.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62562.html 1st Test Australia vs England 1928/29 season] — Cricinfo</ref>
In addition to cricket, Hartigan also represented New South Wales and Queensland in baseball, playing in Queensland's first recorded inter-state baseball series against New South Wales at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground. He also represented Queensland in lacrosse.
Hartigan died in 1958 and was buried in Brisbane's Toowong Cemetery.<ref>[https://online.brisbane.qld.gov.au/cemeteries/cemeteries_step3.jsp?mapdisplay=185594 Hartigan Michael Joseph] — Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search</ref>
His brother Thomas J. Hartigan was Chief Commissioner for Railways in New South Wales 1932–48.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== *Harris, J.O (2009). ''Queensland Baseball 1905–1990''. p. 20
==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Roger Hartigan}} *{{cricinfo|id=5905}}
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