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Steriker ('Eric') Norman Hare CBE (31 March 1900 – 30 September 1977) was an English cricketer. Hare was a right-handed batsman. The son of a manager for Barclays Bank, Hare was born at Tottenham, Middlesex and educated at Chigwell School.

Hare made his first-class debut for Essex against Derbyshire in the 1921 County Championship. He made two further first-class appearances that season, against Gloucestershire and Somerset. He scored a total of 117 runs in these three matches at an average of 23.40, with a high score of 98. This score came in the match against Derbyshire, during which he shared in a stand of 251 for the 9th wicket with Johnny Douglas. This remains the record partnership for Essex for the 9th wicket.

Having spent his career working for Royal Dutch Shell in Baghdad, he died at Meadle, Buckinghamshire on 30 September 1977. His younger brother, Clifford Theodore Rippon Hare, was the father of the playwright Sir David Hare.

References

1. ^ Hare, David (2015). The Blue Touch Paper: A Memoir. Faber and Faber.
2. "First-Class Matches played by Steriker Hare". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
3. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Steriker Hare". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
4. "Highest Partnership for Each Wicket for Essex". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 October 2011.

External links

• Steriker Hare at ESPNcricinfo
• Steriker Hare at CricketArchive

• 1900 births
• 1977 deaths
• People from Tottenham
• Cricketers from the London Borough of Haringey
• People educated at Chigwell School
• English cricketers
• Essex cricketers
• Commanders of the Order of the British Empire