Background
He was born in Norton-on-Tees, County Durham.
He was born in Norton-on-Tees, County Durham.
Harker was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break. Harker made a single first-class appearance in the British Raj for Bengal against United Provinces in the 1944/45 Ranji Trophy. In Bengal"s first-innings he was dismissed for a duck by South.N. Gandhi, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 16 runs by J. Mehra.
He bowled during the United Provinces first-innings, taking the wicket of A. Majeed for the cost of 16 runs from 4 overs.
Later when he was back in England, he played two matches for Durham in the 1947 Minor Counties Championship, playing a match each against the Yorkshire Second XI and the Lancashire Second XI. He died in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham on 14 March 1999.