In the winter months, he was manager of the now defunct Fair Oak FC and, for many years, secretary of the cricket club, then based at Bishopstoke rec and now thriving in the Southern Premier and HCL.
For decades - and certainly until the HCL changed the rules - Harry and his partner Bill Cooper would bowl unchanged for 21 overs, making run scoring difficult opposition teams.
A real cricket enthusiast, he had been bravely battling cancer in recent years but that didn't prevent him from watching the game he loved so much. He was often spotted sitting on the boundary at Hursley Park, Sparsholt and St Cross Symondians, doubtless remember the days when, long hair flapping in the breeze, he was still bowling those 21 overs ...