James Leaf
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| Full name | James Gordon Leaf | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
18 October 1900 Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
8 December 1972 (aged 72) Osmaston, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1937 | Army | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Only First-class | 22 May 1937 Army v Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricketArchive, 26 April 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
James Gordon Leaf (18 October 1900–8 December 1972) was a British Army officer and English cricketer[1] who played first-class cricket for the British Army cricket team and played international matches for the Egypt national cricket team.[2]
Biography
Born in Shipston-on-Stour in 1900,[2] James Leaf attended Harrow School, playing a match for them against Winchester College in 1918. From Harrow he went to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and on graduation was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the 15th Hussars on 24 December 1920.[3] The regiment merged with the 20th Hussars in 1922, Leaf continued as a second lieutenant in the new regiment, the 14th/20th Hussars,[4] until his promotion to lieutenant on 24 December 1922 when he transferred to the 15th/19th Hussars.[5] He played two matches for Egypt against the Free Foresters in 1927.[6] He resigned his commission on 20 October 1928,[7] but rejoined the army (and the 15th/19th) on 10 December 1930, with reduced seniority (from 29 August 1926).[8] He was promoted captain on 20 November 1934.[9]
He played his one first-class match for the Army against Oxford University in May 1937.[10] He was promoted major on 12 February 1940, shortly after the outbreak of the Second World War.[11] Between 1942 and 1945, he played six matches for the Catterick Garrison cricket team against Durham.[6] He retired from the army on 18 October 1947.[12] He died in Osmaston in 1972.[2]
References
- ↑ Cricinfo profile
- 1 2 3 CricketArchive profile
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 32207. p. 764. 25 January 1921. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32736. p. 5865. 8 August 1922. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32781. p. 9169. 29 December 1922. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
- 1 2 Other matches played by James Leaf at CricketArchive
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33431. p. 6702. 19 October 1928. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33668. p. 7890. 9 December 1930. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 34109. p. 7682. 30 November 1934. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
- ↑ First-class matches played by James Leaf at CricketArchive
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 34789. p. 841. 9 February 1940. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 38099. p. 4869. 14 October 1947. Retrieved 2008-05-15.