| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Harold Leach |
| Birth Date: | 3 March 1862 |
| Birth Place: | Rochdale, Lancashire, England |
| Death Place: | Widcombe, Somerset, England |
| Family: | William Leach (brother) Roger Leach (brother) Robert Leach (brother) John Leach (brother) Neil Smith (great-nephew) |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm slow |
| Club1: | Lancashire |
| Year1: | 1881 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 3 |
| Runs1: | 101 |
| Bat Avg1: | 25.25 |
| 100S/50S1: | - / - |
| Top Score1: | 46 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 2/ - |
| Date: | 23 November |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/16498.html Cricinfo |
Harold Leach (3 March 1862 - 15 February 1928) was an English cricketer active in the 1880s and 1890s. Born at Rochdale, Lancashire, Leach was a right-handed batsman and right-arm slow bowler who made three appearances in first-class cricket.
Educated at Marlborough College, where he played for the college cricket team,[1] Leach made his debut in first-class cricket for Lancashire against Surrey at Old Trafford in 1881, in what was his only appearance for the county.[2] At club level Leach played for Liverpool,[1] and in 1884 he was selected to play for Liverpool and District in a first-class match against the touring Australians at Aigburth.[2] He made a third and final first-class appearance in 1891, when playing for Liverpool and District against Yorkshire.[2] He scored a total of 101 runs in his three first-class matches, top-scoring with 46 and averaging 25.25.[3]
Leach came from a substantial cricketing family; four brothers (William, Roger, Robert and John) all played first-class cricket, as did his great-nephew Neil Smith.[3] A number of other brothers who did not play first-class cricket were pioneers of cricket in Argentina. Outside of cricket, Leach worked as a stockbroker.[4] He died at Widcombe, Somerset on 15 February 1928.