| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Spencer Austen-Leigh |
| Birth Date: | 2 February 1834 |
| Birth Place: | Speen, Berkshire, England |
| Death Place: | Firle, Sussex, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Unknown |
| Family: | Arthur Austen-Leigh (brother) Cholmeley Austen-Leigh (brother) Charles Austen-Leigh (brother) |
| Club1: | Sussex |
| Year1: | 1862–1866 |
| Club2: | Marylebone Cricket Club |
| Year2: | 1858 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 13 |
| Runs1: | 209 |
| Bat Avg1: | 11.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 42 |
| Deliveries1: | 40 |
| Wickets1: | 1 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 14.00 |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | 1/9 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
| Date: | 23 June |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/16546.html Cricinfo |
Spencer Austen-Leigh (17 February 1834 – 9 December 1913) was an English cricketer. Austen-Leigh was a right-handed batsman, although his bowling style is not known. He was born at Speen, Berkshire, and was educated at Harrow School. His name changed from Spencer Austen to Spencer Austen-Leigh in 1837. He was the great-nephew of the author Jane Austen.[1]
Austen-Leigh made his first-class debut for the Gentlemen of England against the Gentlemen of Sussex and Kent at Lord's in 1857. The following season he made a single first-class appearance for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Oxford University at the Magdalen Ground, Oxford.[2] Two years later, he made a first-class appearance for the Gentlemen of the Marylebone Cricket Club against the Gentlemen of Kent at the St Lawrence Ground. In 1862, Austen-Leigh made his debut for Sussex against Kent at the Royal Brunswick Ground. He made nine further first-class appearances for Sussex, the last of which came against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1866.[2] In his ten first-class matches for the county, he scored 155 runs at an average of 11.07, with a high score of 42.[3]
He died at Firle, Sussex, on 9 December 1913. His brothers, Arthur, Cholmeley and Charles, all played first-class cricket. Another brother, Augustus, was a Provost of King's College, Cambridge.