Herbert Leney (8 September 1850 – 18 November 1915) was an English amateur cricketer who played in four first-class cricket matches for Kent County Cricket Club between 1871 and 1878.[1]
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| Full name | Herbert Leney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 September 1850 Wateringbury, Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 18 November 1915 (aged 65) West Farleigh, Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm roundarm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Frederick Leney (nephew) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1873–1877 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 9 April 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leney was born at Wateringbury near Maidstone in Kent in 1850.[2] He made his first-class debut for Kent against WG Grace's XI in 1873 at Gravesend.[3] He died at Smith's Hall at West Farleigh in Kent in November 1915 aged 65.[2] His nephew, Frederick Leney, also played first-class cricket.
References edit
- ^ Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), p. 332. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
- ^ a b Herbert Leney, CricInfo. Retrieved 2018-10-24.
- ^ Herbert Leney, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-10-24.