John Leslie (cricketer, born 1814) explained

Country:Ireland
Fullname:John Leslie
Birth Date:3 November 1814
Birth Place:Dromore, Ireland
Death Place:Albury, Surrey, England
Batting:Unknown
Club1:Marylebone Cricket Club
Year1:1836
Club2:Oxford University
Year2:1836
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:2
Runs1:46
Bat Avg1:15.33
100S/50S1:–/–
Top Score1:28
Hidedeliveries:true
Catches/Stumpings1:–/–
Date:22 March
Year:2020
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/16792.html Cricinfo

John Leslie (3 November 1814 – 4 November 1897) was an Irish first-class cricketer and barrister.

A younger son of John Leslie senior, Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh and Isabella St. Lawrence [1] he was born at Dromore in November 1814. He was educated in England at Harrow School,[2] before matriculating at Christ Church, Oxford in 1833. While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket on two occasions in 1836. The first of these came for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Oxford University at Oxford, while the second match came for Oxford University against the MCC at Lord's.[3] A student of both King's Inns in Dublin and of Lincoln's Inn, he was called to the bar in 1840 and January 1841 respectively. He was latterly a member of the Middle Temple.[1] Leslie died a day after his 83rd birthday in November 1897 at Albury, Surrey.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Foster, Joseph . Men-at-the-bar . 1885 . Reeves and Turner . 276 . en.
  2. Book: Welch, Reginald Courtenay . The Harrow School Register, 1800-1911 . 1894 . Longmans, Green . 111 . en.
  3. Web site: First-Class Matches played by John Leslie . CricketArchive . 2020-03-22 . subscription.