Barrie Leadbeater

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Barrie Leadbeater


country = England
fullname = Barrie Leadbeater
nickname = Leady
living = true
dayofbirth = 14
monthofbirth = 8
yearofbirth = 1943
placeofbirth = Harehills, Leeds
countryofbirth = England
dayofdeath =
monthofdeath =
yearofdeath =
placeofdeath =
countryofdeath =
heightft = 6
heightinch = 0
heightm =
batting = Right-hand bat
bowling = Right-arm medium
role = Middle order batsman, Umpire

club1 = Yorkshire
year1 = 1966–1977

type1 = First-class
debutdate1 = 17 August
debutyear1 = 1966
debutfor1 = Yorkshire
debutagainst1 = Glamorgan
lastdate1 = 18 August
lastyear1 = 1979
lastfor1 = Yorkshire
lastagainst1 = Sussex
type2 = List A
debutdate2 = 15 June
debutyear2 = 1969
debutfor2 = Yorkshire
debutagainst2 = Hampshire
lastdate2 = 28 August
lastyear2 = 1977
lastfor2 = Yorkshire
lastagainst2 = Essex
umpire = true
testsumpired =
umptestdebutyr =
umptestlastyr =
odisumpired = 5
umpodidebutyr = 1983
umpodilastyr = 2000
twenty20sumpired =
umptwenty20debutyr =
umptwenty20lastyr =
deliveries = balls
columns = 2
column1 = First-class
matches1 = 147
runs1 = 5373
bat avg1 = 25.34
100s/50s1 = 1/27
top score1 = 140*
deliveries1 = 36
wickets1 = 1
bowl avg1 = 5.00
fivefor1 = 0
tenfor1 = 0
best bowling1 = 1/1
catches/stumpings1 = 82/–
column2 = List A
matches2 = 106
runs2 = 2325
bat avg2 = 28.70
100s/50s2 = 0/12
top score2 = 90
deliveries2 = 126
wickets2 = 5
bowl avg2 = 19.00
fivefor2 = 0
tenfor2 = 0
best bowling2 = 3/47
catches/stumpings2 = 26/–
date = 25 September
year = 2008
source = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7255/7255.html CricketArchive

Barrie Leadbeater (born 14 August 1943) is a retired English cricketer and umpire.

Born in Harehills, Leeds, Leadbeater played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club as a middle-order batsman from 1966 to 1979, although he preferred to open the innings.Williamson, Martin, [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/16234.html Cricinfo Profile] , Cricinfo. Retrieved on 26 September 2008.] His promise went largely unfulfilled; his average of 25.34 in 147 first-class matches (the norm for a county cricketer of the period was around 30.00), scoring just one century.Ward, John (2005). [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Articles/3/3223.html Barrie Leadbeater: a profile] , CricketArchive. Retrieved on 25 September 2008.] The highlight of his playing career was a man-of-the-match winning 76 in the 1969 Gillette Cup Final, a match in which he was not expected to play. Leadbeater broke a finger in the County Championship game the day before, and would have been omitted had Geoffrey Boycott not suffered a worse injury. Leadbeater said:

I almost forgot about the fact that I had a broken finger. Then when it came to lunchtime, I was changing my clothing because of perspiration, and ate my lunch in a jockstrap and left batting glove! I couldn’t get the glove off because my finger had swollen."

Leadbeater posted a top score of 90 in 106 List A one day games. Leadbeater was touted by Colin Cowdrey (among others) as a future Test match cricketer. However, batting lower down the order and a shin injury in 1970 meant that Leadbeater failed to score enough runs to impress the selectors.

(possibly for financial reasons). Leadbeater was released from the county, finding out whilst in the local golf club.

After being released from Yorkshire in 1983, Leadbeater immediately became a well respected umpire on the first-class English circuit, umpiring 4 One Day Internationals during the 1983 Cricket World Cup. Leadbeater was the third umpire in two Test matches, in 1993 and 2000. He umpired one further ODI—17 years later at Trent Bridge in 2000.

He retired from first-class umpiring at the mandatory age of 65 in September 2008, his final game being the match between his beloved Yorkshire and Somerset at North Marine Road, Scarborough. He received a guard of honour from the players at the start of the final day's play. [Wilde, Simon (2008). " [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/cricket/article4794705.ece Battling Darren Gough denied farewell home win] ", 21 September 2008, The Sunday Times. Retrieved on 25 September 2008.]

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