| Leonidas de Montezuma | |
| Fullname: | Leonidas de Toledo Marcondes de Montezuma |
| Birth Date: | 16 April 1869 |
| Birth Place: | Crowborough, Sussex, England |
| Death Place: | Stone, Kent, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Unknown |
| Club1: | London County |
| Year1: | 1904 |
| Club2: | Sussex |
| Year2: | 1898 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 9 |
| Runs1: | 285 |
| Bat Avg1: | 25.90 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/1 |
| Top Score1: | 80 |
| Deliveries1: | 104 |
| Wickets1: | 4 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 20.75 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 4/71 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 2/– |
| Date: | 27 February |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/12114.html Cricinfo |
Leonidas de Toledo Marcondes de Montezuma (16 April 1869 – 18 March 1937) was an English cricketer and allround sportsman who also competed as a cyclist.[1]
De Montezuma was born at Crowborough, Sussex, the sixth of nine children. His parents were born in England, although his father was at one stage a lieutenant in the Brazilian navy.[2]
He was a boarder at the Royal Naval School in London. He went into business with a brother-in-law, but the business was dissolved in 1892.[2] At around the time of his father’s death in 1895 he became a patient at the Bethlem Hospital, Beckenham, probably suffering from bipolar disorder.[2]
He had a variety of occupations, and never married. At the time of his death in 1937 he was a patient at the City of London Mental Hospital in Stone, Kent.[2]
De Montezuma was a right-handed batsman whose bowling style is unknown. He was a prominent batsman in the 1890s for the Norwood club in Surrey.[3] He made his first-class debut for Sussex against Essex in the 1898 County Championship at the County Ground, Leyton. He made seven further first-class appearances for Sussex in that season, the last of which came against Lancashire at Old Trafford.[4] In his eight first-class matches for Sussex, he scored 271 runs at an average of 27.10, with a high score of 80 not out.[5]
He later played a single first-class match for London County in 1904 against Warwickshire at Crystal Palace Park.[4] In Warwickshire's first-innings of 326, De Montezuma took four wickets, finishing with figures of 4/71, which were the best bowling figures in that innings. He scored 14 runs in London County's first-innings response of 249, before being dismissed by James Byrne. He wasn't called upon to bat or bowl again in the match, which ended in a draw.[6]