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Harold Pogson (24 August 1870 – 22 February 1906) was an English first-class cricketer and a colonial police officer in British India.

The son of the General John Pogson, he was born in British India at Kolhapur in August 1870. He later joined the Indian Imperial Police, where he would become the Superintendent of Police and Commandant of the Military Police for the Kathiawar Agency. In India, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team against the Parsees at Bombay in the 1894–95 Bombay Presidency Match. Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 9 runs in the Europeans first innings by Kekhashru Mistry, while in their second innings he was dismissed without scoring by Dinshaw Writer. He was a well known cricketer in Bombay and was a member of the Rajkot Cricket Club. Pogson died at Rajkot on 22 February 1906, from heat apoplexy leading to heart failure.

References

1. "Madras". Madras Weekly Mail. Madras Presidency. 27 November 1902. p. 28. Retrieved 8 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
2. ^ "Death of a D. P. Commandant". Englishman's Overland Mail. West Bengal. 1 March 1906. p. 5. Retrieved 8 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "First-Class Matches played by Harold Pogson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
4. "Europeans v Parsees, Bombay Presidency Match 1894/95". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
5. "Wisden – Obituaries in 1906". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 December 2023.

External links

• Harold Pogson at ESPNcricinfo

• 1870 births
• 1906 deaths
• Sportspeople from Kolhapur
• Indian Police Service officers in British India
• English cricketers
• Europeans cricketers
• Deaths from hyperthermia