Career
A neat right-handed batsman strong at driving and pulling but weak in defence and against spin, Harford came to prominence on the New Zealand tour to Pakistan and India in 1955-1956, and made his Test debut against Pakistan at Lahore, scoring 93 and 64. That debut, though, proved by some distance to be Harford"s most successful Test appearance. In England in the wet summer of 1958, Harford made his maiden century against Oxford University.
He also scored 127 (a "brilliant century") against Glamorgan.
But in eight innings in four Test matches, he scored just 41 runs and reached double figures only once, a gritty innings of 23 at Edgbaston in which he had to retire for a period after being hit in the face by a bouncer from Fred Trueman. Harford played for Central Districts from 1953-1954 to 1958-1959, then for Auckland from 1963-1964 to 1966-1967.
His highest score in the Plunket Shield was 103 not out for Auckland against Central Districts in 1965-1966. He also played for Manawatu, Hawke"s Bay and Franklin in the Hawke Cup.
After his cricket career, he played basketball for New Zealand.