She won the Women's Professional Snooker Championship each year from its inception in 1934 to 1940, and again when it was next held, in 1948.

Harrison was born on 10 May 1909 in Lintz and was a coalminer's daughter (as was her fellow leading player Agnes Morris)[1] and learnt to play at the institute in her village in County Durham.

[2] She entered the 1931 World Ladies Billiards Championship, which was the first time she had played against women, and won the tournament.

[3] When the Women's Billiards Association was formed in 1931, Harrison was one of the four professional players appointed to a committee to organise the professional championships, along with Margaret Lennan, Eva Collins and Joyce Gardner.

[5] Harrison also won the Women's Professional Billiards Championship three times, in 1934, 1935, and 1939.