| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Herbert Leaf |
| Birth Date: | 10 October 1854 |
| Birth Place: | Norwood, Surrey, England |
| Death Place: | Marlborough, Wiltshire, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Club1: | Surrey |
| Year1: | 1877 |
| Club2: | Cambridge University |
| Year2: | 1876 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 5 |
| Runs1: | 60 |
| Bat Avg1: | 8.57 |
| 100S/50S1: | - / - |
| Top Score1: | 18 |
| Deliveries1: | - |
| Wickets1: | - |
| Bowl Avg1: | - |
| Fivefor1: | - |
| Tenfor1: | - |
| Best Bowling1: | - |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 3/ - |
| Date: | 30 April |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/16505.html Cricinfo |
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, Leaf made his first-class debut for Cambridge University against Surrey at Fenner's in 1876.[2] He made three further first-class appearances for Cambridge University in that season, against the Gentlemen of England, Surrey, and the Marylebone Cricket Club.[2] 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.[3] In 1877, he made a single first-class appearance for Surrey against Cambridge University at Fenner's.[2]
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. He died at Marlborough on 13 February 1936.
His brother was Sir Walter Leaf.