Country: | England |
Fullname: | Leslie Charles Brian Croom |
Birth Date: | 20 April 1920 |
Birth Place: | Wybunbury, Cheshire, England |
Death Place: | Dudley, Worcestershire, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm off break |
Family: | Alfred Croom (Father) |
Club1: | Warwickshire |
Year1: | 1949 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 4 |
Runs1: | 73 |
Bat Avg1: | 9.12 |
100S/50S1: | –/– |
Top Score1: | 26 |
Hidedeliveries: | true |
Catches/Stumpings1: | –/– |
Date: | 9 May |
Year: | 2012 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11440.html Cricinfo |
Leslie Charles Brian Croom (20 April 1920 – 20 December 1989) was an English cricketer. Croom was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Wybunbury, near Nantwich, Cheshire.
Croom made his first-class debut for Warwickshire against Cambridge University at Fenner's in 1949. He made three further first-class appearances in that season for the county, the last of which came against Lancashire at Edgbaston.[1] In his four first-class appearances, he scored a total of 73 runs at an average of 9.12, with a high score of 26.[2]
He died at Dudley, Worcestershire, on 20 December 1989. His Father, Alfred Croom, Alfred was also a first-class cricketer.