| Clarrie Fleay | |
| Country: | Australia |
| Fullname: | Clarence William Edward James Fleay |
| Birth Date: | 27 December 1886 |
| Birth Place: | Gilgering, Western Australia |
| Death Date: | 6 August 1955 (aged 68) |
| Death Place: | Katanning, Western Australia |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
| Role: | Batsman |
| Club1: | Western Australia |
| Year1: | 1922/23 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 1 |
| Runs1: | 4 |
| Bat Avg1: | 4.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 4 |
| Deliveries1: | 72 |
| Wickets1: | 2 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 18.00 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 2/10 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 2/– |
| Date: | 30 December |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/16/16033/16033.html CricketArchive |
Clarence William Edward James Fleay (27 December 1886 – 6 August 1955) was an Australian cricketer who played a single match for Western Australia during the 1922–23 season.
Born on his parents' property at Gilgering, a locality between York and Beverley in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia,[1] Fleay boarded at The High School (now Hale School) in Perth, and played Darlot Cup cricket for the school in his final two years.[2] He was one of his school's most successful batsmen, with his highest score an innings of 137 not out during the 1905–06 season.[3] After the conclusion of his schooling, Fleay returned to the country, where he regularly played in district teams.[4] [5] [6] At the annual Country Week tournament held in Perth, he usually represented Katanning, and sometimes captained the side.[7]
Fleay's single match at first-class level came in November 1922, against a touring Marylebone Cricket Club side led by Archie MacLaren (although John Hartley substituted as captain in the match against Western Australia).[8] His selection for the team was based mainly on his form in the preceding year's Country Week matches, with Joe Lanigan the only other player selected from country sides.[9] [10] In the match, held at the WACA Ground, Fleay, an occasional right-arm medium pace bowler, took two wickets in the MCC's first innings to finish with figures of 2/10. He scored only four runs whilst batting, and was not selected at first-class level.[11] Fleay spent the remainder of his life in the country, and died in Katanning in August 1955, aged 68.[12]