Lees Whitehead
| File:Lees Whitehead c1895.jpg Whitehead in about 1895 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 14 March 1864 Birchen Bank, Saddleworth, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 November 1913 (aged 49) West Hartlepool, County Durham, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1889–1904 | Yorkshire County Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1890–1903 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1896 | Wembley Park | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 25 March 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lees Whitehead (14 March 1864 – 22 November 1913) was an English first-class cricketer, who played in 119 games for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1889 and 1904.[1] He also appeared in fifteen games for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) (1890-1903) and for Wembley Park (1896) and over 30 (1901) in first-class games.
Born in Birchen Bank, Friarmere near Saddleworth in Yorkshire, Whitehead appeared in a total of 136 first-class matches. He scored 2,433 runs as a right-handed batsman, with a highest score of 67 not out against Somerset. He took seventy nine catches in the field, and took 109 wickets with his right arm fast bowling, with a best return of 6 for 45 against the MCC, at an average of 25.67. He took five wickets in an innings on three occasions. He stood as an umpire in at least three first-class, non-County Championship matches towards the end of his playing career.
Whitehead later became a director of Hartlepool United F.C.
References
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External links
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- Lees Whitehead at ESPNcricinfo
- 1864 births
- 1913 deaths
- Yorkshire cricketers
- English cricket umpires
- Sportspeople from Saddleworth
- Cricketers from Greater Manchester
- People from West Hartlepool
- Cricketers from Hartlepool
- English cricketers
- Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
- Over 30s v Under 30s cricketers
- Cricketers from Yorkshire
- Wembley Park cricketers
- English cricket biography, 1860s birth stubs