Career
A right-handed batsman and off spin bowler, he played 28 times for the Ireland cricket team between 1894 and 1921, including fifteen first-class matches. He played seven further times for Ireland until 1901, playing against I Zingari, the Master Control Console, Surrey and South Africa, amongst others In 1902, he made his first-class debut for Ireland, playing against London County in May.
He played three further first-class matches that month, against the Master Control Console, Oxford University and Cambridge University.
He took 11 wickets in the match against Cambridge University, the only time he took more than ten wickets in a match for Ireland. His figures of 7/76 in the first innings were his best innings bowling figures for Ireland.
His career continued over the next ten years, playing against Scotland, South Africa, Cambridge University and Yorkshire, amongst others He went with Ireland on a tour to the United States of America in 1909.
Harrington stood tall in the second innings with 27 not out, the highest score of that innings for the Irish.
Ireland also lost the last match of the tour, also against Philadelphia by an innings. After the American tour, he played three first-class matches against Scotland in 1910, 1911 and 1912. He then came back to the Irish side nine years later for a final match against Scotland in August 1921 at the age of 51.
