John Leslie (cricketer, born 1814)

Irish cricketer, barrister

John Leslie

Personal information

Full name|

John Leslie

Born| 3 November 1814
Dromore, Ireland
Died| 4 November 1897(1897-11-04) (aged 83)
Albury, Surrey, England
Batting| Unknown
Domestic team information
Years| Team
1836| Marylebone Cricket Club
1836| Oxford University
Career statistics
| Competition | First-class

|

Matches | 2
Runs scored | 46
Batting average | 15.33
100s/50s | –/–
Top score | 28
Catches/stumpings | –/–

Source: Cricinfo, 22 March 2020

John Leslie (3 November 1814 – 4 November 1897) was an Irish first-class cricketer and barrister.

A younger son of John Leslie senior, Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh and Isabella St. Lawrence [1] he was born at Dromore in November 1814. He was educated in England at Harrow School,[2] before matriculating at Christ Church, Oxford in 1833.[3] While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket on two occasions in 1836. The first of these came for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Oxford University at Oxford, while the second match came for Oxford University against the MCC at Lord's.[4] A student of both King's Inns in Dublin and of Lincoln's Inn, he was called to the bar in 1840 and January 1841 respectively. He was latterly a member of the Middle Temple.[1] Leslie died a day after his 83rd birthday in November 1897 at Albury, Surrey.

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Foster, Joseph (1885). Men-at-the-bar. Reeves and Turner. p. 276.
2. ^ Welch, Reginald Courtenay (1894). The Harrow School Register, 1800-1911. Longmans, Green. p. 111.
3. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Leslie, John" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co - via Wikisource.
4. ^ "First-Class Matches played by John Leslie". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 March 2020.

## External links[edit]

* John Leslie at ESPNcricinfo