| Lees Whitehead | |
| Birth Date: | 14 March 1864 |
| Birth Place: | Birchen Bank, Saddleworth, England |
| Death Place: | West Hartlepool, County Durham, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm fast |
| Club1: | Yorkshire County Cricket Club |
| Club2: | Marylebone Cricket Club |
| Year2: | 1890–1903 |
| Club3: | Wembley Park |
| Year3: | 1896 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | FC |
| Matches1: | 136 |
| Runs1: | 2,433 |
| Bat Avg1: | 15.30 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/12 |
| Top Score1: | 67 |
| Deliveries1: | 7,186 |
| Wickets1: | 109 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 25.67 |
| Fivefor1: | 3 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 6/45 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 79/– |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/23304.html CricInfo |
| Date: | 25 March |
| Year: | 2019 |
Lees Whitehead (14 March 1864 – 22 November 1913) was an English first-class cricketer, who played in 119 games for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1889 and 1904.[1] He also appeared in fifteen games for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) (1890-1903) and for Wembley Park (1896) and over 30 (1901) in first-class games.
Born in Birchen Bank, Friarmere near Saddleworth in Yorkshire, Whitehead appeared in a total of 136 first-class matches. He scored 2,433 runs as a right-handed batsman, with a highest score of 67 not out against Somerset. He took seventy nine catches in the field, and took 109 wickets with his right arm fast bowling, with a best return of 6 for 45 against the MCC, at an average of 25.67. He took five wickets in an innings on three occasions. He stood as an umpire in at least three first-class, non-County Championship matches towards the end of his playing career.
Whitehead later became a director of Hartlepool United F.C.