Richard Leigh (cricketer) explained

Richard Leigh
Birth Date:	7 February 1784
Birth Place:	Wilmington, Kent
Death Place:	Westminster

Richard Leigh (born 7 February 1784 at Wilmington, near Dartford, Kent; died 9 October 1841 at Westminster) was an English amateur cricketer who was mainly associated with Surrey. He made five known appearances in first-class matches from 1806 to 1809.^[1] His father, also called Richard Leigh, was a well-known match promoter in the 1790s and there were nine first-class matches featuring R. Leigh's XI.^{[2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. [Arthur Haygarth]
2. Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 330–331. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
3. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/37/37203/37203.html Richard Leigh