Barrie Leadbeater (born 14 August 1943,

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, England) is a retired English

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er and

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. Leadbeater played for

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as a

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batsman from 1966 to 1979, although he preferred to open the innings.Williamson, Martin
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. Retrieved on 26 September 2008. His promise went largely unfulfilled; his average of 25.34 in 147

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(the norm for a county cricketer of the period was around 30.00), scoring just one century.Ward, John (2005)
Barrie Leadbeater: a profile
CricketArchive. Retrieved on 25 September 2008. The highlight of his playing career was a man-of-the-match winning 76 in the 1969 Gillette Cup Final, a match in which he was not expected to play. Leadbeater broke a finger in the County Championship game the day before, and would have been omitted had

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not suffered a worse injury. Leadbeater said:

"I almost forgot about the fact that I had a broken finger. Then when it came to lunchtime, I was changing my clothing because of perspiration, and ate my lunch in a jockstrap and left batting glove! I couldn’t get the glove off because my finger had swollen. I can't get m' breath!"

Leadbeater posted a top score of 90 in 106 one day games. Leadbeater was touted by

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(amongst others) as a future

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cricketer. However, batting lower down the order and a shin injury in 1970 meant that Leadbeater failed to score enough runs to impress the selectors. Leadbeater was to receive a

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from Yorkshire, but was released from the county the season before. This came as a surprise to Leadbeater, who had agreed to become the Second XI captain earlier in the season. This responsibility then went to Colin Johnson. Leadbeater was released from the county, finding out whilst in the local golf club. After being released from Yorkshire in 1983, Leadbeater immediately became a well-respected umpire on the first-class English circuit, umpiring four One Day Internationals during the

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. Leadbeater was the third umpire in two Test matches, in 1993 and 2000. He umpired one further ODI – seventeen years later at

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in 2000. He retired from first-class umpiring at the mandatory age of 65 in September 2008, his final game being the match between his beloved Yorkshire and Somerset at

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. He received a

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from the players (and his wife) at the start of the final day's play.Wilde, Simon (2008).
Battling Darren Gough denied farewell home win
, 21 September 2008, ''

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''. Retrieved on 25 September 2008.

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