Ronald Lee (cricketer)

Ronald Outram Lee (26 December 1876 – 12 March 1940) was an English first-class cricketer and an officer in both the British Army and the British Indian Army, as well as playing first-class cricket while serving in British India.

Ronald Lee
Personal information
Full name
Ronald Outram Lee
Born26 December 1876
Thame, Oxfordshire, England
Died12 March 1940(1940-03-12) (aged 63)
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1896–1899Oxfordshire
1899Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 0
Batting average 0.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 0
Balls bowled 140
Wickets 3
Bowling average 26.33
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 2/59
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 25 June 2019

Lee was born at Thame in December 1876 to Dr Herbert Grove Lee. He was educated at Haileybury College, before going up to study medicine at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.[1] He played minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire on three occasions during his summer break, playing twice in the 1896 Minor Counties Championship and once in the 1899 Minor Counties Championship.[2] While at Cambridge he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against Surrey at The Oval in 1899.[3] Batting once in the match, he was dismissed in the Cambridge first-innings without scoring by Bill Brockwell. With his right-arm fast bowling , he took 3 wickets in the match to finish with match figures of 3 for 79.[4] He qualified with his M.B. in 1906, and began working as a surgeon at house physician Middlesex Hospital.[1] He served throughout the First World War with the Royal Army Medical Corps.[1] From 1920 until his death in March 1940, he practiced medicine at Thame Hospital in Thame.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Venn, John (2011). Alumni Cantabrigienses. Vol. 2. Cambridge University Press. p. 133. ISBN 978-1108036122.
  2. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Ronald Lee". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  3. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Edward Twiss". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Surrey v Cambridge University, 1899". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
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