| Vernon Leader | |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Fullname: | John Vernon Leader |
| Birth Date: | 14 May 1908 |
| Birth Place: | Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand |
| Death Place: | Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
| Club1: | Otago |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 11 |
| Runs1: | 292 |
| Bat Avg1: | 17.17 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/1 |
| Top Score1: | 58 |
| Deliveries1: | 1315 |
| Wickets1: | 18 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 26.38 |
| Fivefor1: | 1 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 6/44 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 2/– |
| Date: | 7 February |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37645.html ESPNcricinfo |
John Vernon Leader (14 May 1908 – 22 March 1995) was a New Zealand cricketer and mountaineer.[1] [2] He played eleven first-class matches for Otago between the 1928–29 and 1940–41 seasons.[3]
Leader was born at Christchurch in 1908 but was educated at Otago Boys' High School in Dunedin.[4] He played schools representative cricket for Otago.[5] He made his senior representative debut during the 1928–29 season in a Plunket Shield match against Auckland at Carisbrook, scoring seven runs and not taking a wicket. He played irregularly for the provincial side―his next two first-class appearances were during Otago's Plunket Shield winning campaign of 1932–33. In a total of 11 first-class matches he scored 292 runs and took 18 wickets, making his last first-class appearances during the 1940–41 season.[1] [6]