Herbert Leaf
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Full name | Herbert Leaf | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 10 October 1854 Norwood, Surrey, England |
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Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Marlborough, Wiltshire, England |
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Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1877 | Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1876 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 30 April 2013 |
Herbert Leaf (10 October 1854 – 13 February 1936) was an English cricketer. Leaf was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Norwood, Surrey.
Educated at Harrow School, where he captained the school cricket team,[1] and then at Trinity College, Cambridge,[2] Leaf made his first-class debut for Cambridge University against Surrey at Fenner's in 1876.[3] He made three further first-class appearances for Cambridge University in that season, against the Gentlemen of England, Surrey, and the Marylebone Cricket Club.[3] Described in Wisden as a "sound batsman and a smart fieldsman",[1] Leaf scored a total of 52 runs in his four matches for the University, at average of 10.40 and a high score of 18.[4] In 1877, he made a single first-class appearance for Surrey against Cambridge University at Fenner's.[3]
While studying at the University of Cambridge, Leaf played tennis for the university against the University of Oxford.[1] He later taught at Marlborough College in Wiltshire,[1] and was mayor of Marlborough in 1906.[2] He died at Marlborough on 13 February 1936.
His brother was Sir Walter Leaf.[2]
References
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