- Leslie Prentice
Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Leslie Prentice
country = England
fullname = Leslie Roff Vincent Prentice
partialdates = true
dayofbirth =
monthofbirth =
yearofbirth = 1887
placeofbirth = Fitzroy,Melbourne , Victoria
countryofbirth =Australia
dayofdeath = 13
monthofdeath = 8
yearofdeath = 1928
placeofdeath =Harrold, Bedfordshire
countryofdeath =England
batting = Right-handed
bowling = Right-arm slow
role = Bowler
club1 = Middlesex
year1 = 1920-1923
clubnumber1 =
club2 = HDG Leveson-Gower's XI
year2 = 1920-1922
clubnumber2 =
club3 = Gentlemen of the South
year3 = 1920
type1 = First-class
debutdate1 = 13 May
debutyear1 = 1920
debutfor1 = Middlesex
debutagainst1 = Oxford University
lastdate1 = 16 May
lastyear1 = 1923
lastfor1 = Middlesex
lastagainst1 = Oxford University
deliveries = balls
columns = 1
column1 = First-class
matches1 = 18
runs1 = 147
bat avg1 = 6.39
100s/50s1 = 0/0
top score1 = 42*
deliveries1 = 1674
wickets1 = 31
bowl avg1 = 33.29
fivefor1 = 1
tenfor1 = 0
best bowling1 = 6/95
catches/stumpings1 = 9/0
date = 31 December
year = 2007
source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/32/32161/32161.html CricketArchiveLeslie Roff Vincent Prentice (1887 –
13 August 1928 ) was an Australian born Englishcricket er. [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/19041.html Cricinfo profile] ] A right-handedbatsman and right-arm slow bowler, he had a brieffirst-class cricket career for Middlesex in the 1920s. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/32/32161/32161.html CricketArchive profile] ]Biography
Born in
Melbourne in 1887, Prentice played twice for the Federated Malay States against the Straits Settlements in 1913 and 1914. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/32/32161/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Leslie Prentice] atCricketArchive ] He made his first-class debut in May 1920 when he played for Middlesex against Oxford University. In his second first-class match, aCounty Championship match against Warwickshire at Lord's, [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/32/32161/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Leslie Prentice] at CricketArchive] he took 6/95 in the second innings, [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/9/9771.html Scorecard] of Middlesex v Warwickshire,19 May 1920 at CricketArchive] his only five wicket haul in first-class cricket.He played three further County Championship matches for Middlesex in the 1920 season before playing two matches for HDG Leveson-Gower's XI against Oxford University and Cambridge University. He then played for the Gentlemen of the South against the Players of the South in July. In 1921, he played six times for Middlesex before another two matches for HDG Leveson-Gower's XI against the two university teams.
He did not play for Middlesex in the 1922 season, playing just once for HDG Leveson-Gower's XI against Oxford University. He played his final first-class match in the 1923 season when he played for Middlesex against Oxford University. He died in
Bedfordshire in 1928.References
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