Henry Lette | |
Country: | Australia |
Fullname: | Henry Elmes Lette |
Birth Date: | 10 August 1829 |
Birth Place: | Curramore, Tasmania, Australia |
Death Place: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia |
Bowling: | Left-arm |
Club1: | Tasmania |
Year1: | 1851/52 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 1 |
Runs1: | 2 |
Bat Avg1: | 1.00 |
100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
Top Score1: | 2 |
Deliveries1: | 116 |
Wickets1: | 7 |
Bowl Avg1: | 11.57 |
Fivefor1: | 0 |
Tenfor1: | 0 |
Best Bowling1: | 4/50 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/ - |
Date: | 15 August |
Year: | 2010 |
Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/2/2597/2597.html CricketArchive |
Henry Elmes Lette (christened 10 August 1829 – 15 August 1892)[1] was an Australian cricketer and politician. His middle name is frequently misreported as "Elms".
Lette was a left-arm underarm bowler who played for Tasmania. He was born in Curramore and died in Launceston.
Lette made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1851–52 season, against Victoria. From the lower order, he scored 2 runs in the first innings in which he batted, and a duck in the second. Lette bowled 29 overs in the match, taking 7 wickets.[2]
Lette represented Launceston in the House of Assembly from November 1862, and was Chairman of Committees of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from July 1877 to 1892.[3] Lette represented Central Launceston from 1 September 1871 and North Launceston from 30 May 1877.[3]
Lette married Mary Elizabeth Lansdale Harrison on 8 June 1854.[4] Their children included