Leonard Oakley

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Leonard Oakley


country = England
fullname = Leonard Oakley
living = true
dayofbirth = 11
monthofbirth = 1
yearofbirth = 1916
placeofbirth = Stourbridge, Worcestershire
countryofbirth = England
batting = Left-hand
bowling = Slow left arm orthodox
club1 = Worcestershire
year1 = 1935–1948
type1 = First-class
debutdate1 = 26 June
debutyear1 = 1935
debutfor1 =
Worcestershire
debutagainst1 = Middlesex
lastdate1 = 18 June
lastyear1 = 1948
lastfor1 =
Worcestershire
lastagainst1 = Lancashire
deliveries = balls
columns = 1
column1 = FC
matches1 = 8
runs1 = 43
bat avg1 = 4.77
100s/50s1 = 0/0
top score1 = 11
deliveries1 = 708
wickets1 = 12
bowl avg1 = 32.75
fivefor1 = 1
tenfor1 = 0
best bowling1 = 6-64
catches/stumpings1 = 2/0
date = 20 September
year = 2007
source = http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31775/31775.html CricketArchive

Leonard Oakley (born 11 January 1916) is a former English cricketer who played eight first-class games for Worcestershire either side of the Second World War. Exclusively a bowler, in 14 innings he never scored more than 11.

Oakley made his debut for Worcestershire against Middlesex at Worcester in late June 1935, taking the single wicket of Fred Price and scoring 6 and 0 from number ten. He played against Gloucestershire a few days later, taking one more wicket, and made two wicketless appearances in 1937, but those games comprised his entire remaining pre-war career.

He returned to first-class action with a bang in June 1946, taking eight wickets against the Royal Air Force in what was to prove the RAF's last-ever first-class match. His first innings 2-18 and second-innings 6-64, which contributed largely towards his county's victory, were the only times he ever took more than two wickets in a first-class innings. [cite web | url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/17/17690.html | title=Worcestershire v Royal Air Force in 1946 | accessdate=2007-09-20 | publisher=CricketArchive] However, two subsequent County Championship games brought Oakley only one wicket in total, and he played no more for two years.

In June 1948, Oakley took 5-44 in each innings of a Second XI match against Glamorgan II, [cite web | url=http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/90/90219.html | title=Worcestershire Second XI v Glamorgan Second XI in 1948 | accessdate=2007-09-20 | publisher=CricketArchive] and was recalled to the first team for the Championship match with Lancashire at Manchester a week later. However, he could manage only 1-71 from 17 overs, and he never played first-class cricket again.

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External links

* [http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31775/31775.html Statistical summary] from CricketArchive
* [http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31775/statistics_lists.html Lists of matches and detailed statistics for Leonard Oakley] from CricketArchive
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