Country: | England |
Fullname: | Edward Buchanan Leigh |
Birth Date: | 19 June 1913 |
Birth Place: | Vacoas, British Mauritius |
Death Place: | Petersfield, Hampshire, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm off break |
Family: | John Buchanan (uncle) |
Club1: | Bihar |
Year1: | 1936/37 - 1937/38 |
Club2: | Buckinghamshire |
Year2: | 1934 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 2 |
Runs1: | 29 |
Bat Avg1: | 7.25 |
100S/50S1: | - / - |
Top Score1: | 13 |
Deliveries1: | 6 |
Wickets1: | - |
Bowl Avg1: | - |
Fivefor1: | - |
Tenfor1: | - |
Best Bowling1: | - |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 3/ - |
Date: | 27 June |
Year: | 2011 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/30778.html ESPNcricinfo |
Edward Buchanan Leigh (19 June 1913 - 15 August 1994) was an English cricketer. Leigh was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Vacoas, British Mauritius.
Leigh played Minor Counties Championship cricket for Buckinghamshire, making three appearances against Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Oxfordshire.[1] Later serving in the Raj, Leigh made two first-class appearances for Bihar. The first came in 1936 against Bengal, with Leigh being dismissed in Bihars' first-innings for 11 runs by Probodh Dutt. In their second-innings, he scored 13 runs before being dismissed by the same bowler.[2] His second first-class appearance came the following year against the same opposition.[3] In this second match, Leigh was dismissed for a single run in Bihars' first-innings by Jitendra Banerjee, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 4 runs by Tom Longfield.[4]
He died at Petersfield, Hampshire on 15 August 1994.