Eddie Leadbeater

Infobox Historic Cricketer


nationality = English
country = England
country abbrev = ENG
name = Eddie Leadbeater
picture = Cricket_no_pic.pngbatting style = Right-hand bat
bowling style = Legbreak googly
tests = 2
test runs = 40
test bat avg = 20.00
test 100s/50s = -/-
test top score = 38
test balls = 289
test wickets = 2
test bowl avg = 109.00
test 5s = -
test 10s = -
test best bowling = 1/38
test catches/stumpings = 3/-
FCs = 118
FC runs = 1548
FC bat avg = 15.17
FC 100s/50s = 1/3
FC top score = 116
FC balls = 16561
FC wickets = 289
FC bowl avg = 27.49
FC 5s = 11
FC 10s = 2
FC best bowling = 8/83
FC catches/stumpings = 75/-
debut date = 14 December
debut year = 1951
last date = 30 December
last year = 1951
source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/16235.html

Edric Leadbeater (born August 15, 1927, Lockwood, Huddersfield) is a former English cricketer who played in two Tests in 1951.

Eddie Leadbeater was a right-handed lower order batsman and a leg-break and googly bowler who had a couple of good seasons for Yorkshire in 1950 and 1951, but failed to keep his place in the side. He reappeared for Warwickshire County Cricket Club in 1957 and 1958, as a possible replacement for Eric Hollies, who retired after the 1957 season; but he failed to take enough wickets and his contract was not renewed.

Leadbeater's leg-spin was always inclined to be expensive: in his two good seasons for Yorkshire, his wickets cost an average of around 25 runs apiece. His selection to replace the injured Rhodes on the 1951-52 MCC tour of India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka was unexpected, and though he played in two Test matches, he was not a success. Wisden Cricketer's Almanack reported that he modified his action to avoid being too expensive on the tour: in fact, though, he was never the same bowler again, and the rest of his first-class career produced fewer than 100 wickets.

Dropping out of the Yorkshire side, he joined Warwickshire for 1957 and played fairly regularly in 1958 after Hollies retired. Though he took just 49 wickets (and only 25 of them in Championship matches), he scored his only first-class century in what proved to be his last season: going in as a nightwatchman, he made 116 and shared in a second-wicket stand of 209 with Fred Gardner in the match against Glamorgan at Coventry.

Leadbeater is a rarity as an England Test cricketer in that he was never awarded a county cap.

References

* Cricket Archive [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/0/912/912.html]
* Wisden, 1950 to 1959 editions

Persondata
NAME = Leadbeater, Eddie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Leadbeater, Edric
SHORT DESCRIPTION = English cricketer
DATE OF BIRTH = 15 August 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH = Lockwood, West Yorkshire, England
DATE OF DEATH =
PLACE OF DEATH =