Kenneth Harbinson

{{short description|Irish-born English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} '''William Kenneth Harbinson''' (11 July 1906 – 7 November 2000) was an Irish-born English cricketer (born in Larne) who played 14 first-class matches for Cambridge University in the late 1920s.

Harbinson was the first man to score a hundred in each innings of a match for Cambridge.<ref> {{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/Firstclass/CambridgeUniversity/Batting_Records/Hundred_In_Each_Innings_For.html |title=Hundred in Each Innings of a Match for Cambridge University |accessdate=23 March 2009 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref> Against Glamorgan at Fenner's in 1929, from number two in the order he struck 130 in the first innings and 109 not out in the second.<ref> {{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12990.html |title=Cambridge University v Glamorgan in 1929 |accessdate=23 March 2009 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref> His unbroken stand of 331 for the second wicket with Tom Killick (200*) remains as of March 2009 Cambridge's highest partnership against Glamorgan for any wicket.<ref> {{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/Firstclass/CambridgeUniversity/Partnership_Records/Highest_Partnerships_Cambridge_University_v_Glamorgan.html |title=Highest Partnerships For Cambridge University Against Glamorgan |accessdate=23 March 2009 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Harbinson, Kenneth}} Category:English cricketers Category:Cambridge University cricketers Category:1906 births Category:2000 deaths Category:20th-century English sportsmen